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About the Role
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm committed to helping clients achieve their goals through exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence. This role involves analyzing legal and commercial conflicts, ensuring compliance, and managing information barriers within a global team.
Responsibilities
- Analyze internal and external information sources to resolve complex legal and commercial conflict problems.
- Analyze new clients and transactions for conflict analysis and commercial fit in conjunction with the practice group.
- Correspond with and advise partners and staff on conflict queries.
- Ensure compliance with sanctions and stay updated on newly sanctioned entities, escalating as appropriate.
- Assist with drafting and reviewing conflict provisions in engagement letters and client agreements.
- Implement and manage information barriers.
- Assist in managing a global conflict workflow.
- Act as the first point of escalation for team inquiries.
- Manage daily inbox administration, including following up on outstanding conflict checks and reviewing for clearable checks.
- Delegate and advise the team as appropriate.
- Handle sophisticated clearances such as M&A and litigation matters, liaising with partners and staff.
- Contribute to building an effective and mutually supporting global conflicts team.
- Train new joiners on the conflicts process and procedure.
- Co-train internal clients (PAs, associates, partners) through presentations or demonstrations.
- Administer trade securities dealing requests.
- Assist in the design, development, and testing of new NBI software.
- Assist in the design and refinement of NBI processes.
- Lead a project team in the implementation of strategic projects.
Requirements
- Educated to degree level, preferably with a law degree or qualified in Risk and Compliance (or other related analytical field).
- 2 years of experience in a professional services environment in a relevant field.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Good commercial awareness.
- Ability to prioritize workload.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent verbal, written, and face-to-face communication skills with various staff levels.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Flexible.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
- Excellent service orientation skills.
- Ability to use initiative and be proactive.
- Seeks out market trends and introduces relevant ideas for competitive advantage.
- Takes personal responsibility for getting things done.
- Ability to cope with conflicting demands and meet deadlines.
- Remains focused on long-term objectives and broad firm issues.
Skills
- Conflict analysis
- Legal and commercial analysis
- Information barrier management
- Sanctions compliance
- Engagement letter drafting
- Client agreement review
- Global workflow management
- Team escalation
- Inbox administration
- M&A clearance
- Litigation clearance
- Team building
- Training
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Research
- Analytical skills
- Commercial awareness
- Prioritization
- Attention to detail
- Autonomy
- Communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Service orientation
- Initiative
- Proactiveness
- Market trend analysis
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full time
- Permanent Contract
Experience Level
- 2 years of experience
Education Level
- Degree level
- Law degree
- Qualified in Risk and Compliance
About the Company
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm.
- We help clients achieve their goals.
- Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core.
- We invest in and care about our client relationships.
- We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.
- We are a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm.
- Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.
- We tackle complexity and navigate change, working alongside clients on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions.
- We are recognised as leading in energy, infrastructure and resources.
- We are focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.
- We support the growth of our people.
- Our ambition is to help you achieve yours.
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives.
- We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance.
- This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.