Senior Legal Counsel—Litigation, Investigations & Regulatory Enforcement

About the role

The Litigation, Investigation & Regulatory Enforcement group at Northern Trust advises all Northern Trust entities on various legal matters, including pre-litigation business problems, corporate and representative litigation, government inquiries, cyber, privacy and internal investigations. This role focuses on general corporate litigation, litigation arising out of non-fiduciary client services, internal investigations, and regulatory enforcement matters.

Responsibilities

• Manages and supports all aspects of pending and threatened litigation, new or ongoing investigations, and regulatory enforcement matters for Northern Trust's Legal Department.
• Develops appropriate strategy in consultation with senior internal counsel and implements it, coordinating deliverables with internal and external partners.
• Reviews, revises, and makes timely recommendations to senior internal counsel regarding memoranda, motions practice, and draft agreements proposed by outside counsel.
• Advises Northern Trust partners on litigation strategy and risk.
• Oversees internal discovery efforts with or without outside counsel, including coordination with internal e-discovery team about document identification, searching, collection, and production.
• Drafts, facilitates, and implements legal hold notices.
• Ledges and supervises factual investigations in connection with a wide range of legal issues to identify problems and support pending and potential litigation, investigations, and regulatory enforcement.
• Effectively and respectfully interacts with partners and external parties in the course of information gathering, as appropriate.
• Conducts complex research and timely prepares summaries of findings.
• Provides assistance in responding to regulatory inquiries and complaints.
• Supports team tracking and reporting requirements.
• Handles assorted miscellaneous litigation matters with minimal supervision.
• Researches and recommends hiring of and works collaboratively with outside counsel and other legal and forensic vendors.

Requirements

• A J.D. degree from an accredited law school and meeting attorney licensing requirements in the jurisdiction in which the position will be located, prior to and after commencing employment.
• A valid license to practice law in Illinois and at least 5 years as a lawyer with a full-time business litigation practice and experience advising clients in highly regulated industries.
• Experience representing financial services clients in litigation and regulatory enforcement matters.
• Experience with subpoena and discovery responses, including document identification, collection, and production.
• Familiarity with legal holds, document management applications, and secure electronic document sharing.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership, analytical abilities, and judgment.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills to work effectively and cooperatively with internal and external clients, management, and staff.

Skills

• Collaboration, confidence, insightfulness, and tech-savvy.

Benefits

Includes a comprehensive benefits package such as retirement benefits, health and welfare benefits, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Also includes a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Pay

$160,100 - 272,300 USD

Schedule

Hybrid role located in Chicago, Illinois, with at least three days per week spent in the office.