Compliance Lawyer
About the role
The US Compliance Team consists, at present, of the Deputy General Counsel, two Assistant Deputy General Counsels, three Counsel and Senior Managers, as well as a team of Compliance Lawyers, Senior Compliance Analysts, Compliance Analysts and Client/Matter Intake Analysts. The US Compliance 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 related to share dealing.
Qualifications
- 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.
- Be sufficiently confident to exercise risk-based judgment calls on a daily basis.
- Be 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 are expected to range between $135,000 and $165,000. This range represents the firm's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting for a position in these markets. 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, 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 for full-time employees.
- Commuter benefits where applicable and student loan assistance refinancing options.
- Competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm.
- Generous paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave (parental leave) benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn or adopted child(ren).
- Child care support through a back-up care program.
- 11 Firm holidays.