Conflicts Counsel

About the role

This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Conducts conflict checks after obtaining all relevant available information on the parties, including affiliates and related parties and their relationship to the matter and each other.
• Manages the firm wide conflicts clearance process for new clients/matters and lateral attorneys.
• Consults regularly with General Counsel, Risk Management Officer, Conflicts and Intake Manager, and Conflicts Counsel as to conflict results and resolutions requiring a higher level of review, problems or issues that may arise, recommendations for improvement in running and clearing conflicts, or any needs for further resources.
• Provides waiver and engagement letter exemplars upon request, assists in drafting waivers and engagement letters, reviews waiver and engagement letters received from clients to ensure that required conditions have been met.
• Carrries out research projects pertinent to ethical issues and provides best practice recommendations to the General Counsel and Conflicts and Risk Management Counsel.
• Assists with the creation, implementation, and updates to various policies and procedures regarding matter maintenance including closings, and lateral arrival/departure process.
• Trains secretarial and administrative staff on how to utilize conflicts/new business intake workflow application.
• Keeps current on trends within the topic of conflicts of interest management.
• Participates in other projects and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Possesses a J.D.
• 2+ years of experience performing conflicts analysis in a large law firm environment is preferred.
• Must possess excellent computer skills as well as experience with applicable automated conflict check software.
• Intapp Open software experience preferred.
• Requires a comprehensive knowledge of applicable ethical, legal and risk management rules and requirements governing conflict of interest and the conflict resolution process as well as related compliance issues/guidelines applicable to international law firms.
• Must possess strong written and oral communication skills.
• Must be able to understand, analyze, interpret, and explain conflicts reports and to converse informatively with timekeepers regarding conflicts issues.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently work with all levels of personnel with tact and diplomacy.

Skills

• Conflicts analysis
• Risk management
• Legal research
• Corporate law
• Transactional law
• Conflict of interest resolution
• Policy implementation
• Process automation
• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Analytical skills
• Compliance
• Training

Benefits

• Base pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Full-time positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $111K to $146.5K.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule.