Compliance Lawyer

At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.

About the role

The Compliance (Conflicts) Lawyer directly protects the firm by ensuring ethical, regulatory, and commercial risks are identified and mitigated before new matters, lateral hires, or business initiatives proceed. This team enables partners and other personnel to move forward confidently with client work while maintaining compliance with U.S. and global practice standards.

The US Compliance Team consists of the Deputy General Counsel, two Assistant Deputy General Counsels, three Counsel and Senior Managers, as well as Compliance Lawyers, Senior Compliance Analysts, Compliance Analysts and Client/Matter Intake Analysts. The team works daily with Norton Rose Fulbright Compliance Teams in Australia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

This role may be performed remotely from any state where the firm maintains an office (Texas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and the District of Columbia). Employees must also be able to attend the office at the request of their supervisor as needed. This position requires a commitment to work outside of regular business hours and includes a rotating on-call schedule (weekends and holidays, distributed across the team).

Responsibilities

• Advise partners, lawyers, and the Global Compliance Team regarding the identification and resolution of potential conflicts of interests, including the relevant legal and ethical considerations and commercial concerns.
• Collaborate with a team of analysts to ensure consistent workflow and timely production, which includes specifically supervising the workflows and work products of at least two Compliance Analysts.
• Interact with all levels of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Management to resolve potential conflict of interest issues or commercial concerns in the context of new matter intake, lateral hires, business development, and practice development projects.
• Drive any conflict issues to full resolution and manage a docket of between 15 and 30 outstanding conflict matters at any given time.
• Assist with enforcement and other issues related to Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Practice Standards addressing stock and share dealings, external appointments, prohibitions on bribery, corruption and discrimination, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering requirements, and (to some extent) cyber security considerations.
• Liaise and interact with the Compliance Teams at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada, and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP on a daily basis.
• Analyze conflict issues surrounding directorships and trusteeships in order to maintain databases.
• Review client relationship letters to identify contractual obligations to consider in the resolution of conflicts.
• Deal with questions and concerns related to our policies on share dealing.
• Other duties as assigned; responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in one or more States in which Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has an office (particularly Texas, California, Colorado, New York, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia).
• Experience working as a lawyer.
• A thorough acquaintance with and working knowledge of US conflicts rules highly preferred.
• Highly intelligent with excellent commercial judgment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and experience operating in a multi-cultural environment.
• Sufficient maturity and judgment to work successfully and confidently with all levels including senior management and partners.
• Confidence to exercise risk-based judgment calls on a daily basis.
• Fully familiar with a lawyer’s duties regarding confidentiality, privilege and client care.
• Highly analytical with an ability to anticipate potential problems and creatively propose/implement solutions.
• Ability to effectively supervise the work product and daily workflow of two analysts; prior supervisory experience is preferred.

Pay

The full-time base annual salary for this position in the California, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, New York, and Washington, DC markets is expected to range between $135,000 and $165,000. Salaries in other markets will vary depending on market data. Bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed and are dependent upon individual and firm performance.

Benefits

• Access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance and disability insurance.
• Pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans (if eligible).
• Fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.
• Commuter benefits (where applicable) and student loan assistance refinancing options.
• A competitive paid time off plan, providing a minimum of 20 days off based on role and tenure.
• Generous paid maternity and paternity (parental) leave, allowing a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with a newborn or adopted child(ren).
• Child care support through a back-up care program.
• 11 firm holidays.