OGC Assistant – Compliance & Intake

Latham & Watkins; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Well-being programs

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups

Job summary

Latham & Watkins seeks an OGC Assistant – Compliance & Intake in Downtown Los Angeles, offering hybrid work with in-office presence. You will support the Office of the General Counsel by handling intake compliance programs, ethics walls, and engagement-letter workflows for firm stakeholders.

The role requires strong written and verbal communication, teamwork across offices, and the ability to manage confidential information with discretion.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Prior experience in a law firm or professional services firm is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist ethics walls program: implement walls, draft memos, handle exception requests, test system updates.
• Administer engagement terms policies and review engagement letters for issues.
• Collect and catalogue compliance docs (engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, waivers).
• Coordinate and track attorney external affiliations; assist with surveys and maintain records in the firm database.
• Provide administrative support: meetings, video conferences, and expense reports.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Customer service

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Chrome River

Job description

About Latham & Watkins

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 centers 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 Latham & Watkins

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 centers 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 Assistant – Compliance & Intake is an integral part of Latham’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) team. This role will be responsible for working within the OGC to provide administrative support for the multiple intake compliance programs administered by the local office, while triaging the ethics wall and engagement letter email inboxes to ensure timely responses to inquiries from firm stakeholders.

This role will be located in our Global Services Office in Downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Assisting the firm's ethics walls program by implementing ethics walls, drafting certain ethics wall memos, addressing exception requests, testing updates to the ethics wall system, and assisting with other ad hoc ethics wall projects, as needed
• Assisting with administration and enforcement of the firm’s engagement terms policies, including reviewing engagement terms to identify issues and corresponding with attorneys and attorney support to address and resolve any inconsistencies, assisting with other ad hoc engagement letter projects as needed
• Collecting and cataloguing compliance documentation received as part of the new business intake process, including engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, and waivers
• Assisting in the coordination and tracking of attorney external affiliation submissions for review and approval, while assisting with the preparation and delivery of office-wide surveys on a rolling basis and helping to update and maintain records of all affiliations in the firm’s database
• Providing administrative support to the Compliance & Intake team, including meeting and video conference arrangements, and Chrome River expense reports
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills including strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to effectively interface with attorneys, management, and support staff
• Possess the ability to work in a team environment, across multiple offices, collaborate and interact effectively with OGC staff and other firm personnel, with a customer-service focus
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently in a wide variety of duties and seeking guidance or assistance from more senior staff as appropriate

And have:

• A high school diploma or equivalent,
• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably
• Prior experience in a law firm or other professional services firm, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

Latham & Watkins LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO).

Pay Range

USD $65,000.00 - USD $75,000.00 /Yr.