Conflicts & Compliance Analyst

Ropes & Gray LLP; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 128,100; Full time

Job summary

Ropes & Gray seeks a Conflicts Analyst to support the firm's Office of General Counsel by performing conflict of interest research, reporting, and waiver drafting for new matters and lateral hires. The role requires handling confidential information with discretion and coordinating with attorneys and staff.

You will conduct corporate research, build conflict matrices, generate reports, and assist with waivers and engagement letters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Experience in a compliance, regulatory, financial, or legal environment strongly preferred. Experience in a legal conflicts environment preferred.
• Database research experience (Lexis, Elite and LegalKey/Elegrity/Intapp/iManage) preferred.
• Exceptional customer service orientation and interpersonal skills, strong PC and data entry skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, verbal and written communication skills, and solid work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive corporate research from multiple sources, analyze and apply this knowledge to build corporate trees based on the department’s algorithms.
• Review, analyze, and interpret complex search results as part of the conflict analysis and reporting process and pursuant to the rules of professional conduct.
• Generate conflict reports and follow-up on outstanding conflict requests, often performed on an urgent basis.
• Review contents of conflicts reports, provide analysis of relevant conflict issues, and identify means for resolution.
• Communicate relevant substantive information and appropriate next steps to attorneys, including the need for waivers, review basic contents of waivers once returned, and escalate complex issues.
• Assist with drafting and revising waiver language, as necessary and subject to appropriate supervision.
• Request and record all necessary conflict resolution documentation, including waivers or engagement letters, to facilitate the clearance of actual or potential conflicts.
• Assist in triaging and processing lateral, bankruptcy, and independence memo searches.
• Create new matter files and maintain client and matter data in the Elite billing system.
• Performs other special projects, as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Data entry

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Lexis

Elite

iManage

Job description

Ropes & Gray seeks a Conflicts Analyst to support the firm's Office of General Counsel by performing conflict of interest research, reporting, and waiver drafting for new matters and lateral hires. The role requires handling confidential information with discretion and coordinating with attorneys and staff.

You will conduct corporate research, build conflict matrices, generate reports, and assist with waivers and engagement letters.