Senior Conflicts Attorney — Remote Risk & Ethics Leader

Binding Minds Inc. (Certified Disability Owned Business Enterprise); New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Binding Minds Inc. is seeking a senior-level Conflicts Attorney for a 100% remote role. You will support Milbank’s global conflicts function, handling conflicts analysis for new business, lateral hires, and complex matters.

The attorney will advise partners on ethical and business conflicts, draft waivers, and help implement ethical walls, with occasional on-call rotation including some evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and analyzing complex conflict reports and identifying potential legal/ethical issues.
• Advising partners and attorneys on conflict resolution and appropriate courses of action.
• Drafting and obtaining conflict waivers.
• Creating and implementing ethical walls/screens, including screening memoranda.
• Reviewing lateral attorney and matter lists for potential conflicts.
• Conducting corporate family-tree research and conflict searches.
• Researching applicable ethics rules, opinions, and case law.
• Guiding Conflicts Analysts on best practices, research, matter maintenance, and conflict-report preparation.
• Maintaining detailed documentation of conflict-resolution steps.
• Supporting urgent matters and participating in an occasional on-call rotation, including some evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Skills

Conflicts analysis

Ethics/compliance

Legal research

Advising partners

Drafting waivers

Job description

Binding Minds Inc. is seeking a senior-level Conflicts Attorney for a 100% remote role. You will support Milbank’s global conflicts function, handling conflicts analysis for new business, lateral hires, and complex matters.

The attorney will advise partners on ethical and business conflicts, draft waivers, and help implement ethical walls, with occasional on-call rotation including some evenings and weekends.