Senior Conflicts Lawyer

Senior Conflicts LawyerIs your CV ready If so, and you are confident this is the role for you, make sure to apply asap.Senior Conflicts LawyerLocation: London (preferably) or Birmingham or GlasgowContract Type: PermanentBrief:We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Conflicts Lawyer with 4+ years PQE to join the General Counsel’s office in London (preferably) or Birmingham or Glasgow.Purpose of the role:To identify, assess and assist the firm to manage and resolve conflicts of interest in the context of legal conflicts, commercial conflicts and client relationships having regard to applicable legal and regulatory frameworks, our risk policies and our strategy, markets and geographies that we and our clients operate. The scope of the role will be to provide support across the PM network.Given the firm’s size and geographical reach and with its sectoral approach to delivering on strategy, the firm has many potential conflicts issues (mainly commercial) to investigate and resolve across its entire office network. The firm also has to manage conflict issues that emanate from its non-legal service delivery teams.You will be part of a team of two conflict lawyers working with a dedicated conflict search team (CST) of analysts, identifying and resolving conflicts of interest and working to resolve ethical conflicts and business relationship issues, reporting to and working closely with the Deputy General Counsel who is also a member of the firm’s Conflicts Committee. You will have regular dealing with many partners at a strategic level, helping to make decisions of a strategic nature – this is very much a hands-on role, with career development.There will also be some involvement in other wider General Counsel and Risk projects, for example, working with the Client Engagement Team on appropriate conflict wording for bids and Outside Counsel Guidelines.Main Duties and Responsibilities:To include:-Acting as subject matter expert for legal conflicts and confidentiality issues, providing proactive advice and guidance on whether work can be taken on under the conflicts rules, and/or whether any steps need to be taken before proceeding, and providing assistance with those steps (e.g. client consent wording, implementing information barriers etc).Acting as subject matter expert for commercial conflicts, providing proactive advice and guidance on whether work can be taken by reference to our relationship with our existing clients (by reference to agreed client terms and positions of clients within the firm) and firm strategy, and/or whether any steps need to be taken before proceeding, and providing assistance with those steps (e.g. client consent wording, implementing information barriers etc).Liaising with partners and senior stakeholders to obtain further information to assist with conflicts analysis, answer their queries and act as an intermediary between them where necessary (i.e. for confidentiality reasons) to resolve conflicts issues.Act as a point of escalation for conflicts issues from CST.Train CST and/or conflict lawyers on the conflicts rules and processes, and occasionally partners and other fee earners and Legal PAs.Support and advise the Conflicts Committee/Deputy GC in collating information from the business and making recommendations for the Conflicts Committee's/ Deputy GC ‘s decision.Attend Conflicts Committee meetings and advising the business of decisions.Understand and identify wider commercial, risk and reputational issues at client acceptance / conflict checking stage.Advise on lateral hire conflict issues.Advise (and draft) on engagement terms relating to conflicts and confidentiality.Review and maintain the firm’s conflicts and confidentiality policies.In addition, the role involves more generally:Assisting the CST and reporting to and supporting with the other Conflicts Lawyers, the work of the Deputy General CounselDelivering excellence in client service to the partnership with risk sensitive advice proportionate to their local regulatory, cultural and practice needs.Supporting the Atlas client programme and firm strategy for growth when reviewing commercial conflictsMaintaining a log of key/complex/ commercially sensitive and/or legal conflicts with appropriate business intelligence to feed back to the businessMaintaining and updating the firm’s own standard terms of business and letters of engagement to manage legal conflicts and ensuring a good working knowledge of agreed client conflict terms.Having a good working knowledge of different conflict regimes in the jurisdictions where we operate.Ad hoc regulatory projectsResponding to general risk queries from the businessDealing and resolving client complaints related to conflicts of interestsOther responsibilities will be added over time as the role develops and as business needs requireRelevant experience/qualifications:Qualified lawyerMust have at least 4 years PQEPrior role as conflict lawyer at an international law firmKey skills and abilities:Excellent communication skills, both written and oralIncisive analytical and research skillsExcellent commercial acumenExperience of dealing with partners and assisting them to resolve conflicts issuesProven ability to establish and maintain a high degree of confidentiality, respect, trust and credibility at all levelsAbility to take responsibility and act autonomously and robustlyAbility to plan, organise and prioritise tasks and projectsAbility to solve problems creatively and effectivelyNegotiation and influencing skillsStrong team playerAbility to remain calm, controlled and resilient in a stressful and pressurised environmentEnthusiastic and proactiveWhat will we offer you?We are a market leading, dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients.We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver "best in class" services.About the FirmPinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.We value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our people can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever their ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics. We have embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which our people can flourish.We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham.Put simply, we offer a wide range of professional services to our clients, enabled by our breadth of expertise, our culture and values, and our innovative approach.AwardsWe’re being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business, the FT’s most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years), winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters’ leading legal brand in their UK index.We have been recognised as by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer . Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBT+ inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a ' Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023 ' for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as a Disability Confident Employer by the Department for Work & Pensions and we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500.Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - www.pinsentmasons.com/accoladesWe want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you do this, please let us know.Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Johenn Choi who can discuss the role and requirements.Contact details: