Senior Legal Counsel

Overview

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will partner with senior leaders to interpret legal and regulatory developments and align risk controls with the firm’s strategy. You will specialise in conflicts management and advise Partners and fee earners on complex issues, supporting the information barriers team and internal investigations. You’ll shape the design and deployment of conflicts processes and related technology, delivering high-value guidance across international offices. This role offers a chance to influence governance and compliance while collaborating across the OGC and broader business.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with conflicts policies across international offices, applying US conflicts rules where relevant
• Provide technical legal advice on complex conflicts and confidential information queries
• Support conflicts team via escalation handling and supervision of high-risk conflict checks
• Identify wider risk and reputational criteria in business intake
• Review and enhance existing conflicts processes
• Lead internal investigations relating to conflicts
• Advise Professional Claims on potential own-interest conflicts
• Review conflicts provisions in client terms
• Influence design and optimization of conflicts and information barrier technology
• Deliver training on conflicts to domestic and international teams
• Shadow and train conflicts team as needed
• Support firm strategy and participate in OGC projects

Key requirements

• Qualified with a law degree and current practising certificate
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a law firm, with conflicts experience
• Understanding of conflicts of interest and confidential information regimes
• Experience in international, complex, matrix-management environments
• Commercial acumen, analytical skills and comfort in ambiguity
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform at pace
• Strategic and creative thinker with clear, concise communication
• Collaborative, regionally and internationally minded team player
• Strong relationship-building and robust judgement with proactive development mindset
• Ability to deliver effectively in a virtual team context

• collaborative
• communication
• problem solving
• conflicts management
• information barrier management
• regulatory compliance

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