Conflicts Analyst - 12 month fixed term contract
Conflicts Analyst - 12 month fixed term contract
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Job Description
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Job Title
Conflicts Analyst 12 month fixed term contract
Department
New Business Conflicts and Compliance
Office Location
London/Birmingham
Reports To
Conflicts Supervisor
Working Hours
35 hours per week 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40 of time working from home and 60 working in the officeplease contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.
Firm Description
Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice on deep industry knowledge and on our one team global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas AsiaPacific Europe the Middle East and Africa.
With a presence in the worlds major financial and commercial markets we are well placed to provide excellent businessoriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice
Department Description
Hogan Lovells New Business Conflicts Department is charged with investigating legal conflicts of interest and firm business issues. If conflicts of interest or business issues are identified the department is charged with rectifying those issues prior to the matter being approved by a partner on the Ethics Committee and a firm matter number being opened.
Role Overview
This position is responsible for working closely with the New Business Conflicts Supervisor firms Ethics Committee firm attorneys and other levels of firm administration as well as other members of the New Business Conflicts Department in connection with the review of new business to identify and facilitate resolution of conflicts of interest.
Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
Primarily responsible for the review of new business intake requests and collating the results of preliminary conflicts checks including resolution and clearance of conflict of interest issues;
Assist with the research of new client matters including the resolution and clearance of conflict of interest of such matters as needed;
Assist in coding of engagement letters pursuant to established guidelines and documenting of such actions in the conflicts database;
Assist Attorneys in the identification and resolution of conflicts of interest which includes coordinating receipt and documentation of and preparation of engagement letters and client waivers and/or consents;
Assist in securing the approvals of new matters from the Ethics Committee and all other levels of Firm Administration as governed by firm policy guidelines;
Assist Supervisor in training Conflicts Analyst Assistants and Conflicts Analysts;
Exercise proficiency in understanding and utilising the Conflicts Database;
Monitor and track various special interest projects; and
Assist the New Business Conflicts Department with a wide range of research requests and other projects as may be assigned.
Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure staff location or services.
All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.
Person Specification
Qualifications Experience and Training
Essential
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Conflicts Researching
Other Researching Experience
Conflicts Analysis
Desired
Law Firm experience
General Attributes
Essential
Resilient
Ability to multitask
Strict attention to detail
Works well under tight deadlines
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Works well in a team environment
Works well independently
Agile Working Statement
Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis and we will be happy to discuss this further.
Equal Opportunities Employment Statement
It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin religion sex gender and gender identity age sexual orientation marital and civil partnership status pregnancy or disability.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
