Global Conflicts & Risk Strategy Lead

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP is seeking a Head of Conflicts in London to drive a major upgrade of the firm’s conflicts processes, including the IntApp migration. You will assemble and mentor a small team of conflicts analysts over 2–3 years, ensuring robust risk management and regulatory compliance across global matters.

The role requires a senior conflicts lawyer with leadership experience, strong stakeholder skills and the ability to deliver complex changes within a busy, international firm

Qualifications

• Ideally qualified lawyer.
• Preferably 10 years of experience as a Conflicts Lawyer/equivalent in an international firm.
• Strong people management skills and experience of successfully leading a team.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrable strategic and leadership skills.
• Strong problem-solving and holistic risk assessment abilities; resilience under pressure.
• In-depth and hands-on experience of using IntApp suite of products (Open, Walls etc).

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Lead on, and successfully deliver, a large-scale project to implement improvements to the firm’s internal conflicts processes and procedures.
• Conflict Resolution: Identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest and confidentiality issues arising from client matters, lateral hires, and mergers. Draft waivers and consent language required in the resolution of conflicts of interest and confidentiality issues. Update the conflicts and confidentiality provisions in the firm’s Terms of Business, as may be necessary from time to time. Lead on internal investigations and other queries which involve conflict of interest or confidentiality issues.
• Policy Development: Draft and update the firm’s internal conflicts of interest policies and procedures.
• Training: Provide training to partners and staff, globally, on conflicts of interest and confidentiality.
• Reporting: Regularly report to the firm’s management, Conflicts Committee, and partners on conflicts related issues.
• Team Building: Build and lead a team of analysts to support the firm’s conflict resolution and risk management efforts. Line management and supervision of those currently running conflict checks.

Skills

Legal Background

Experience

People Management

Communication

Strategic

Analytical Thinking

Systems

Education

Qualified lawyer

Tools

IntApp suite

Job description

Holman Fenwick Willan LLP is seeking a Head of Conflicts in London to drive a major upgrade of the firm’s conflicts processes, including the IntApp migration. You will assemble and mentor a small team of conflicts analysts over 2–3 years, ensuring robust risk management and regulatory compliance across global matters.

The role requires a senior conflicts lawyer with leadership experience, strong stakeholder skills and the ability to deliver complex changes within a busy, international firm