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About the Role

Norton Rose Fulbright is seeking an experienced lawyer with conflict review experience to join the US Compliance team. The Compliance (Conflicts) Lawyer directly protects the firm by ensuring ethical, regulatory, and commercial risks are identified and mitigated before new matters, lateral hires, or business initiatives proceed. This team enables partners and other personnel to move forward confidently with client work while maintaining compliance with U.S. and global practice standards.

Responsibilities

Advise partners, lawyers, and the Global Compliance Team regarding the identification and resolution of potential conflicts of interests, including the relevant legal and ethical considerations and commercial concerns.
Collaborate with a team of analysts to ensure consistent workflow and timely production, which includes specifically supervising the workflows and work products of at least two Compliance Analysts.
Interact with all levels of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Management to resolve potential conflict of interest issues or commercial concerns in the context of new matter intake, lateral hires, business development, and practice development projects.
Drive any conflict issues to full resolution and manage a docket of between 15 and 30 outstanding conflict matters at any given time.
Assist with enforcement and other issues related to Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Practice Standards addressing stock and share dealings, external appointments, prohibitions on bribery, corruption and discrimination, economic sanctions, anti-money laundering requirements, and cyber security considerations.
Liaise and interact with the Compliance Teams at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada, and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP on a daily basis.
Analyze conflict issues surrounding directorships and trusteeships in order to maintain databases.
Review client relationship letters to identify contractual obligations to consider in the resolution of conflicts.
Deal with questions and concerns related to our policies related to share dealing.

Requirements

Licensed to practice law in one or more States in which Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has an office (particularly Texas, California, Colorado, New York, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia).
Experience working as a lawyer.
A thorough acquaintance with and working knowledge of US conflicts rules highly preferred.
Highly intelligent with excellent commercial judgment.
Strong written and oral communication skills and experience operating in a multi-cultural environment.
Sufficient maturity and judgment to work successfully and confidently with all levels including senior management and partners.
Be sufficiently confident to exercise risk-based judgment calls on a daily basis.
Be fully familiar with a lawyer’s duties regarding confidentiality, privilege and client care.
Highly analytical with an ability to anticipate potential problems and creatively propose/implement solutions.
Ability to effectively supervise the work product and daily workflow of two analysts; prior supervisory experience is preferred.

Skills

Conflict review
Legal and ethical considerations
Commercial concerns
Supervising workflows
Risk-based judgment calls
Confidentiality
Privilege
Client care
Analytical skills
Problem-solving
Supervisory skills

Location

Remote from any state where the firm maintains an office (Texas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and the District of Columbia)

Work Type

Full-time
Remote
On-call schedule (weekends and holidays)

Experience Level

Experienced lawyer

Education Level

Licensed to practice law

Salary/Compensations

$135,000 - $165,000 (California, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, New York, and Washington, DC markets)

Benefits

Access to three medical plans
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts
401(k) savings plan
Profit-sharing plans (if eligible)
Fertility benefits
Competitive paid time off plan (minimum of 20 days)
Generous paid parental leave (minimum of 14 weeks)
11 Firm holidays

About the Company

Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions.
The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East.
With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.

Equal Opportunity

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities.
This business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices to achieve a lawful workforce.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.