Senior In-house Conflicts & Risk Lawyer/Specialist

Hays Legal; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international law firm is seeking a qualified lawyer or conflicts & risk professional for a senior role in their Leeds office. The position involves managing conflicts and risk across EMEA, requiring strong communication and organizational skills. This hybrid role offers a top-end salary and benefits within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Top-end salary and benefits package

Collegiate team atmosphere

State-of-the-art office

Qualifications

• Experience in conflicts and risk management or commercial litigation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport.

Responsibilities

• Assessing conflict reports and drafting analysis.
• Facilitating resolutions and drafting conflict waivers.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Job description

Hays Legal is exclusively instructed on this exciting new Leeds-based opportunity - a newly created role within this international law firm's in-house team. A qualified lawyer (with conflicts & risk experience or commercial litigation background) or a conflicts & risk professional is sought to head conflicts & risk in EMEA, reporting to the U.S. Head of. Based in Leeds and sitting with key members of the EMEA in-house team. Full-time or part-time.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assessing conflict reports
• Drafting analysis
• Facilitating resolutions
• Ethical walls
• Drafting conflict waivers & engagement letters

You will need:

• Experience in conflicts and risk management or a background in commercial litigation
• An effective track record in organisation and systems
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with senior stakeholders

This is a fabulous opportunity for a conflicts & risk professional (or qualified lawyer) looking to assume a multi-faceted, senior conflicts & risk management role. You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build a strong rapport with key stakeholders throughout the organisation, the ability to think logically, work to deadlines and be very organised in your approach. A desire to make a real difference is key. Only those with UK experience will be considered. Applicants must be able to work out of Leeds on a hybrid basis.

On offer is a top-end salary and benefits package and a collegiate, team atmosphere within a state-of-the-art office.

To learn more about this role, please send your CV to Adele Callaghan (specifying full details of your current remuneration package) or email me for a return call to discuss the role.

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