Risk, Compliance & Conflicts Lawyer
- Recruiter
- Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Up to £66,500 per annum + benefits.
- Posted
- 03 Oct 2019
- Closes
- 31 Oct 2019
- Job Title
- Risk and Compliance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The Firm
HFW is a sector focused global law firm. We have over 500 lawyers working across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. We take a progressive approach to our roles in commercial business – thinking creatively and pragmatically to support our clients.
Whether we are solving complex issues within the construction, aviation or shipping industries, or providing advice across insurance, commodities and energy, we are specialist lawyers here to add value to our clients. We think about the commercial solution first, and then underpin our advice with a solid foundation of legal expertise.
The Role
This is a legal role, supporting the Head of Legal Risk and the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP)/Global Risk Partner in relation to all aspects of their roles, worldwide.
The Department
The Head of Legal Risk and COLP/Global Risk Partner are based in the London office, together with a Senior Risk, Compliance and Conflicts Lawyer, five Risk & Compliance Officers, a Risk & Compliance Assistant and three Conflicts Researchers. There are also two Risk & Compliance Officers in the Hong Kong office and two in Australia.
The department also works closely with other partners within the firm specialising in anti-money laundering and sanctions, data protection, professional indemnity, claims and complaints handling, and bribery.
Key Responsibilities
- Assisting generally the Head of Legal Risk and COLP on the numerous queries which arise daily regarding the SRA Code, professional standards and best practice, ethics, conduct, conflicts, anti-money laundering, scams, data protection, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-modern slavery, corporate tax evasion, business continuity, contracts, and terms and conditions, both the firm's and those of third parties;
- Regularly updating the Professional Standards Manual and Partners' Guide;
- Drafting policies and procedures to take account of changes in the regulatory law in any of the jurisdictions in which the firm operates;
- First port of call on internal data protection queries;
- Managing responses to and reports of data breaches;
- Managing responses to data subject requests;
- Reviewing data protection policies and procedures on at least an annual basis and liaising with relevant departments to update as necessary;
- Conducting Privacy Impact Assessments and Data Protection Impact Assessments;
- Reviewing the local data protection law requirements of our international offices;
- Managing internal data protection awareness programmes;
- Writing and amending terms of engagement with clients in all the jurisdictions in which the firm operates;
- Writing and amending terms of engagement with counsel, foreign lawyers and experts;
- Creating and keeping a risk register up-to-date;
- Resolving escalated conflicts queries, including US conflicts rules;
- Analyse and suggest options for improvement to the Head of Risk;
- Opportunity to travel to offices within the firm's global network to undertake audits and training;
- Any other ad hoc duties as may be required.
Key Skills & Experience Required
- Qualified lawyer, with at least 2 years' PQE; preferably with litigation and/or insurance experience.
- A detailed knowledge of the SRA Handbook, especially the Code of Conduct;
- Excellent written legal skills, including the ability to draft and review policies, procedures, terms of engagement and contracts with third parties;
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant areas of law and procedure, especially contract and tort;
- Commercial/pragmatic and solutions-focused;
- Knowledge of data protection, anti-money laundering, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, corporate tax evasion and anti-modern slavery rules and application;
- Strong organisational and IT skills;
- Two years' legal compliance experience in an international firm, including dealing with conflicts, confidentiality and ethics would be desirable;
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to communicate and deal with queries in a confident and assertive manner, whether with partners, other lawyers or business services;
- High levels of discretion, confidentiality and diplomacy;
- Experience of providing training, and of dealing with claims and complaints is desirable.
Additional Information
Kindly note that this job description is not contractual. It will be reviewed periodically and may be amended or altered to meet the needs of the firm.
HFW aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will be considered only on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.
HFW collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants to manage its recruitment process. The firm is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. For information on how the firm will process your data, please see our Privacy Notice on our website (www.hfw.com/Privacy-Notice), in the section "What we collect and how we use it".
Due to the volume of applications, only those candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.