OGC Senior Lawyer – Conflicts and Ethics (EMEA)

Latham & Watkins; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Latham & Watkins is seeking an OGC Senior Lawyer – Conflicts and Ethics (EMEA) to support compliance programs, conflicts intake, and regulatory risk management across jurisdictions outside the US. The role is based in London or Manchester with a hybrid schedule.

You will guide fee earners and committees, perform legal research on conflicts and professional responsibility, review outside counsel guidelines, and help train new team members in EMEA.

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent.
• Qualified solicitor, barrister, or equivalent foreign lawyer with right to practise.
• Active practising certificate or local bar membership.
• Post qualification experience in a conflicts team or equivalent.
• Experience with ethics and professional responsibility rules.

Responsibilities

• Guiding and supporting Latham fee earners, Ethics Committee members, Deputy General Counsel, Conflicts analysts, and others in evaluating and resolving ethical and business conflict issues.
• Performing legal research and providing superior analysis relating to conflicts or ethics and professional responsibility as requested.
• Taking responsibility for general risk management programs such as file audits and compliance tasks.
• Reviewing outside counsel guidelines, engagement letters, and pitching documents to align with firm policies.
• Participating in training and onboarding of new Conflicts and Ethics Lawyers within EMEA.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Hybrid working adaptability

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Qualified solicitor/barrister or foreign lawyer with right to practise

Active practising certificate or local bar membership

Post qualification experience

Tools

SRA compliance knowledge

Job description

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centres around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

About The Role

The OGC Senior Lawyer – Conflicts and Ethics (EMEA) is an integral part of Latham’s Office of the General Counsel team. This role will be responsible for supporting a number of compliance programs including new business and conflicts intake and general regulatory risk management, while maintaining superior substantive knowledge of and familiarity with the legal ethics and professional responsibility rules applicable in the firm’s geographic jurisdictions, particularly those outside of the United States Latham’s procedures, policies, and practices relating to conflicts and other ethical issues. This role will be located in either our London or Manchester office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Guiding and supporting Latham fee earners, Ethics Committee members, Deputy General Counsel, Conflicts analysts, and others in evaluating, and resolving ethical and business conflict issues relating to conflicts checks for laterals and new business, particularly in relation to those that require high-level legal analysis with a focus on the most complex conflicts issues
• Performing legal research and providing superior substantive analysis relating to conflicts or other aspects of ethics and/or professional responsibility as requested by any senior member of the Office of the General Counsel
• Taking responsibility for any general risk management programs, such as file audits, accountants letters, SRA compliance that the Associate General Counsel requests
• Reviewing region specific complex outside counsel guidelines, engagement letters and pitching documents to prepare a response to clients that are in line with standard firm policies and procedures
• Participating in the training and onboarding of new Conflicts and Ethics Lawyers within EMEA

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Display highly developed and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a team environment
• Possess the willingness to work in a hybrid style, with the majority of the days being in the office

And have:

• A Law degree or equivalent
• A qualification as a solicitor, barrister, or equivalent foreign lawyer with an unfettered right to practice in their home jurisdiction
• An active practising certificate or local bar membership
• Experience working in a conflicts team
• Post qualification experience, preferably
• General law firm compliance experience, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
• A pension plan
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of programming including Global Affinity Groups, which are open to all. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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