" Analyste en conformité juridique / Legal Compliance Analyst"

Clyde & Co; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Clyde & Co seeks a Legal Compliance Analyst to join the Office of the General Counsel in Toronto. The ideal candidate will support legal research and analysis, engage in conflict detection, and work collaboratively to ensure compliance with professional standards. This mid-senior level role offers full-time employment with potential for hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Retirement planning

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of law firm experience in conflicts or risk management.
• Ability to communicate fluently in both English and French.
• Active bar license in relevant Canadian provinces is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Advise on conflict-of-interest issues associated with new matters.
• Draft and review engagement letters and conflict waiver letters.
• Support training of new hires and monitor conflict search processes.

Skills

Research

Written Communication

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Decision Making

Education

Law degree from an accredited University in Canada

Job description

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Clyde & Co Canada LLP seeks smart, capable, responsible individual for the role of Legal Compliance Analyst to work with the Office of the General Counsel. This is an opportunity to support the growing and dynamic business of the preeminent insurance law firm. The work environment is collegial and professional. Your role will involve research and analysis associated with new matters, changes in existing matters, and new hires. As a member of the Office of the General Counsel, you will work closely with Firm lawyers, the Business Acceptance Unit, and other departments within the Firm around the globe to identify and navigate possible legal and commercial conflicts of interest. This position is critical to identifying potential risk, communicating potential resolution, and securing the necessary approvals as part of the business intake and new hire process. The ideal candidate possesses strong written and communication skills, exceptional research abilities, works well under pressure, enjoys collaboration and being part of a team, and is a proven problem-solver. The position demands strong and reasoned judgment, sound decision-making skills, and an orientation towards service and client satisfaction.

Clyde & Co Canada LLP seeks smart, capable, responsible individual for the role of Legal Compliance Analyst to work with the Office of the General Counsel. This is an opportunity to support the growing and dynamic business of the preeminent insurance law firm. The work environment is collegial and professional. Your role will involve research and analysis associated with new matters, changes in existing matters, and new hires. As a member of the Office of the General Counsel, you will work closely with Firm lawyers, the Business Acceptance Unit, and other departments within the Firm around the globe to identify and navigate possible legal and commercial conflicts of interest. This position is critical to identifying potential risk, communicating potential resolution, and securing the necessary approvals as part of the business intake and new hire process. The ideal candidate possesses strong written and communication skills, exceptional research abilities, works well under pressure, enjoys collaboration and being part of a team, and is a proven problem-solver. The position demands strong and reasoned judgment, sound decision-making skills, and an orientation towards service and client satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will interact well with people at all levels with a high degree of respect, accuracy, confidentiality, and professionalism.

This position can be filled in person, remotely or in hybrid work mode.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise Firm lawyers and staff regarding conflict-of-interest issues associated with new matters and lateral lawyer / paralegal candidates.
• Educate Firm lawyers and staff regarding policies and procedures relating to conflicts and business intake issues.
• Assist department leadership in the coordination of daily workflow to ensure that performance of staff is meeting the needs of the lawyers.
• Assist department leadership in establishing new methods and standards for searching and analysis of all conflicts of interest searches performed by the department, monitoring for consistency, accuracy and thoroughness.
• Support training of new hires.
• Draft and review engagement letters, conflict waiver letters, and ethical wall memoranda.
• Communicate directly with Firm lawyers and clients to draft and negotiate engagement letters and conflict waiver letters.
• Support Firm's Business Acceptance Unit.
• Assist department leadership as needed.
• Keep abreast and informed of current rules, law and business issues that may impact Firm lawyers.
• Have substantive knowledge of Rules of Professional Conduct, regulatory schemes governing lawyers across Canadian provinces and legal ethics issues.
• Available to address Firm's global needs across multiple time zones - including evenings and weekends.
• Other duties as necessitated by the business.
• Law degree from an accredited University in Canada or other relevant combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of law firm experience, specifically in conflicts, risk management or insurance.
• Experience in conflicts identification and clearance.
• Ability to communicate fluently in both English and French, verbally and in writing.
• Active bar license in good standing in a province where Clyde & Co Canada LLP maintains an office, i.e. Montreal (Quebec), Calgary (Alberta), Toronto (Ontario) or Vancouver (British Columbia) would be an asset.

Our Values

Our Values Are The Principles That Guide The Decisions We Make, Unite Us In Our Endeavours And Strengthen Our Delivery, For Our Clients And Our Firm. We

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The Competencies Are Used To Inform All Aspects Of Fee Earner Career Development. They Vary Across Levels And Different Business Areas And Fall Under The Following Areas

• Technical Excellence
• People and Team
• Client Relationships & Business Development
• Finance and Practice Management
• Personal Effectiveness

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

Please take a moment to read our privacy notice carefully. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

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Full-time

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