Head of Conflicts

Career Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Career Legal in London is seeking an experienced Qualified Lawyer to join as Head of Conflicts on a permanent basis. The role includes line managing two conflicts professionals and overseeing conflicts checks, risk management, and process improvements.

Requirements include 8+ PQE, prior conflicts work, leadership experience, and proficiency with Intapp (Open, Walls, etc). Hybrid working with commuting to the London office is expected.

Qualifications

• Be a Qualified Lawyer with 8+ PQE and extensive experience in legal conflicts.
• Experience leading a team of analysts or conflict professionals.
• Proficiency with Intapp (Open, Walls, etc.) and related risk management tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver large-scale conflicts projects and implement improvements in processes and procedures.
• Provide training to staff and Partners on conflicts handling.
• Oversee investigations into conflicts of interest and resolve confidentiality issues.
• Update Terms of Business as necessary and manage conflicts risk across the firm.
• Build and manage a team of analysts supporting the conflicts function.

Skills

Conflicts experience

Line management

Intapp (Open Walls)

Education

8+ PQE

Tools

Intapp

Job description

Up To £130,000pa + Benefits + Hybrid Working

Our client, a top global law firm, is actively recruiting for an experienced Qualified Lawyer to join them on a permanent basis in their London office – working as their new Head of Conflicts.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Qualified Lawyer with substantial experience in Legal Conflicts to join a firm with offices all over the world and also be responsible for line managing/being the direct report for two Legal Conflicts professionals.

As the successful Head of Conflicts, you’ll be responsible for (but not limited to) the following:

• Project Management: Lead and successfully deliver on large-scale projects, implementing improvements on conflicts processes and procedures.
• Training: Providing training to staff and Partners on legal conflicts.
• Conflict Resolution: Leading on investigations which involve conflicts of interest.
• Conflict Resolution: Identifying and resolving conflicts of interest an confidentiality issues.
• Conflict Resolution: Updating Terms of Business when necessary.
• Team Building/Management: Building and leading a team of Analysts to support the firms risk management and conflict resolution.
• Team Building/Management: Supervising and line managing those currently running conflict checks.

Plus much more.

To be considered for this opportunity, you’ll need to have/be the following:

• Be a Qualified Lawyer (8+ PQE).
• Have prior/existing experience working as a Conflicts Lawyer.
• Have prior/existing line management/people management experience.
• Be able to use Intapp (Open, Walls, etc).
• Be able to commute to the London office on a regular basis.

For more information on this position and to review an in-depth job description, get in touch as soon as possible.