Job Description
Conflicts Staff Lawyer
Location: City of London
Salary: £100k - £200k DOE
This role is to join the growing conflicts team of a global law firm with it's head office in the US - it's a very exciting time to be joining.
Based in the London office, the Conflicts Staff Lawyer will be working as an integral member of the firm’s global Conflicts New Business Department, headquartered in Chicago and led by the firm’s Deputy General Counsel. The UK and EU team works closely with the US and other international offices, and this is a visible and internationally connected role from the outset.
This is an advisory and stakeholder facing position rather than a purely administrative function. The Conflicts team is viewed as a business enabling partner to the firm, balancing robust risk management with commercial pragmatism.
The Conflicts Staff Lawyer will provide a critical business service across three main areas:
* Reviewing escalated conflicts searches submitted during London business hours and providing clear, practical clearance advice
* Reviewing and approving new clients and matters to ensure compliance with the firm’s new business intake policies and procedures
* Advising on new business intake policy and procedural issues across jurisdictions
Key responsibilities
* Review and analyse conflicts reports to identify potential conflicts of interest and business issues
* Conduct detailed corporate and regulatory research using external databases and online tools to verify new clients and matter parties
* Prepare comprehensive Conflicts Summaries for Partners outlining identified conflicts and proposed resolutions, including conflict waivers, ethical screens and internal clearances
* Review and approve New Business Forms to ensure compliance with the firm’s new business intake policies and procedures.
* Provide advice and assistance to Partners, Assoc and support teams regarding the firm’s new business intake policy and procedures
* Draft engagement letters, conflict waivers, and screens as required
* Participate in the weekly Conflicts Staff Lawyer meetings and contribute to knowledge sharing and process improvement
* Support the onboarding of lateral Partners and Assoc from a conflicts and intake perspective
This is an advisory and stakeholder facing position rather than a purely administrative function. The Conflicts team is viewed as a business enabling partner to the firm, balancing robust risk management with commercial pragmatism. The successful candidate will work directly with Partners and senior stakeholders across offices, providing clear, practical and commercially grounded guidance.
• Minimum NQ level - 10 open to seniority• Admitted to a recognised law society or bar• Previous conflicts or new business intake experience within a US or large international law firm
• Experience using corporate research and compliance screening tools such as CapitalIQ, Bureau van Dijk or WorldCheck
• Experience with the Intapp Open conflicts and new business intake solution
• Strong proficiency in Boolean searching and one or more enterprise conflicts search applications (such as Intapp Open, S&P Cap IQ, Orbis and WorldCheck)
• Experience reviewing and negotiating engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines
• Experience delivering training to stakeholders
If you are a qualified Lawyer looking to move away from fee-earning and this sounds like it could be your next opportunity then I look forward to receiving your application.