Compliance Lawyer
$135,000–$135,000 year
HybridChicago, Illinois, United States or San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Advise partners and the Global Compliance Team on identifying and resolving conflicts of interest, including legal, ethical, and commercial considerations. Collaborate with analysts to supervise workflows for at least two Compliance Analysts and manage a docket of 15 to 30 outstanding conflict matters. Interact with management to resolve issues arising from new matter intake, lateral hires, and business development projects. Drive conflict issues to full resolution while analyzing directorships and reviewing client relationship letters for contractual obligations. Liaise daily with Compliance Teams in Australia, Canada, and other regions. This role requires a commitment to work outside regular hours and includes a rotating on-call schedule covering weekends and holidays.
Required Qualifications
- 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
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- 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
- Prior supervisory experience is preferred
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