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About the Role

The Conflicts team plays a critical role in supporting the Firm’s client and matter intake process and upholding its professional responsibility obligations. The team is responsible for identifying, reviewing, and helping resolve potential conflicts of interest and related business-intake issues. This function requires strong analytical skills, careful attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to operate effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Assist in managing procedures related to new business for the firm.
Work closely with Conflicts Attorneys and team members on the facilitation of review, analysis, identification, and processing of requests.
Apply business rules to search criteria necessary for the Firm to determine whether it may accept new clients and matters.
Analyze conflict check inquiries related to Firm-wide new business and conflicts of interest.
Prepare and obtain conflicts waivers.
Monitor and review new intake forms, ensuring submitted party information is correct and complete.
Gather information from internal and external databases, as well as from involved attorneys, to conduct factual research.
Determine the status of relevant matters and assess whether a conflict of interest exists.
Provide related risk assessment.

Requirements

Understanding of the type of work undertaken by a large global law firm.
Appreciation of commercial and legal terms.
Ability to work effectively with all levels of personnel in a global market with tact and diplomacy.
Ability to communicate professionally, clearly, concisely, and diplomatically, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to manage complex projects and assignments while meeting tight deadlines.
Previous experience in law firm conflicts and intake.

Skills

Strong organization skills, including robust issue tracking, follow up, and resolution capabilities.
Proficiency with research applications such as Capital IQ and World-Check One.
Proven organizational skills, with the ability to provide a quality, accurate, and efficient written work product in a high-volume environment.
Advanced knowledge of conflicts and experience with conflicts resolution with overall understanding of a corporate law practice.

Location

New York

Work Type

Remote

Experience Level

4+ years’ experience in a conflicts analyst capacity at a law firm, corporation or financial institution

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree required
Paralegal certificate preferred

Salary/Compensations

$150,000 to $170,000

About the Company

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms.
Established in 1884, the Firm has approximately 2,000 lawyers and is headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.
The Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.

Equal Opportunity

Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is committed to a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
The Firm prohibits discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other legally protected status.
This Policy pertains to every aspect of an individual’s relationship with the Firm, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training and development, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination, and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment.