Taylor Root
Senior Conflicts Lawyer
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Senior Conflicts Advisory Lawyer
A leading international law firm is seeking an experienced Senior Conflicts Advisory Lawyer to join its Office of the General Counsel. This is a senior advisory role offering the opportunity to work on complex conflicts and confidentiality matters across a global legal practice, partnering closely with senior stakeholders and leadership teams.
The Role
You will play a key role in assessing whether new client and matter instructions can be accepted, providing legal and regulatory analysis on conflicts and confidentiality issues while balancing commercial, reputational and regulatory considerations.
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Key responsibilities include:
- Advising on complex conflicts and confidentiality matters.
- Working closely with partners and fee earners to understand client relationships and associated risks.
- Facilitating practical and commercially focused resolutions to conflicts issues.
- Identifying broader regulatory, risk and reputational considerations during client onboarding.
- Contributing to the development and enhancement of conflicts and compliance policies and procedures.
- Supervising and mentoring members of the conflicts function.
- Acting as an escalation point for complex conflicts searches and enquiries.
About You
- Significant experience advising on legal conflicts within a law firm environment.
- Strong knowledge of the UK regulatory framework governing conflicts and confidentiality.
- Excellent analytical skills combined with strong commercial judgement.
- The confidence and credibility to engage with senior lawyers and business stakeholders.
- A practical, solution-focused approach to problem solving.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Experience handling highly confidential information with discretion.
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Interested? Apply now, or send your CV through to Zali Oulton at zalioulton@taylorroot.com
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