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BRB Risk Jobs Board — Conflicts Attorney (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner)

Posted Dan Bressler

Pleased to highlight a new open position at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: “Conflicts Attorney” —

  • BCLP is a full-service international law firm. The Conflicts Attorney works with Conflicts and Ethics Counsel – Americas, Director of Conflicts/New Business, and others in the Office of the General Counsel to identify and resolve potential legal and business conflicts, perform thorough due diligence on potential new firm clients, and help ensure best practices and adherence to firm policies and procedures in client intake.
  • This position is responsible for the conflicts process for all new business in the U.S. and performs duties in coordination with Conflicts and Ethics Counsel and Director of Conflicts/New Business to ensure a comprehensive, synchronized, and efficient conflict-of-interest process.

Responsibilities

  • Reviews new business conflict submissions to ensure clarity and completeness
  • Runs conflicts searches using Intapp Open and creates conflicts reports
  • Reviews created conflicts reports to identify potential conflicts, risk management issues, anti-money laundering concerns, practice management issues, and client relationship issues
  • Analyzes complex former client/prior work/material limitation conflicts issues
  • Analyzes and facilitates clearing conflict reports, determining where conflicts, both legal and commercial exist, proposes resolutions directly to the submitting attorney along with the Director of Conflicts/New
  • Business, and/or Conflicts and Ethics Counsel as necessary
  • Prepares detailed disclosure reports that identify potential conflicts, risk management issues, anti-money laundering concerns, practice management issues, client relationship issues and communicates directly with requesting attorney
  • Elevates potential conflicts, risk management issues, anti-money laundering concerns, practice management issues, and client relationship issues to Director of Conflicts/New Business, Conflicts and
  • Ethics Counsel and/or Business Acceptance Committee as needed
  • Routinely updates submitting attorney during the conflict resolution process and continually documents status of the conflict resolution process in real time via Intapp Open
  • Prepares conflicts waivers, engagement letters and other non-standard client communications as needed
  • Responsible for performing the appropriate level of client due diligence for new clients in all jurisdictions the firm operates in to ensure all anti-money laundering concerns have been identified, vetted, and resolved.
  • Maintains professionalism and strict confidentiality in connection with firm representations
  • Assists Director of Conflicts/New Business, Conflicts and Ethics Counsel and other members of the
  • Conflicts Department with other tasks and projects as assigned

Essential Job Specifications/Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required

  • Ability to identify and analyze complex conflicts issues and to recommend and implement solutions quickly
  • Ability to compile and analyze complex data and furnish concise, detailed information in written report format
  • Strong critical thinking and analytical skills with an aptitude for problem solving
  • Demonstrates success in written and verbal communication, attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Team focused attitude toward other members of the New Business Intake Department, and strong customer service driven attitude towards assisting attorneys and other members of the firm
  • Ability to remain confident in a high demand, fast-paced environment with an aptitude for multi-tasking and able to effectively communicate with firm lawyers
  • Ability to be flexible and comfortable in an environment with continuous “on the job learning”
  • Comfortable working independently with an ability to exercise judgment regarding when to elevate issues
  • Some flexibility regarding work hours and schedule, including a willingness to work over-time as necessary
  • Proficiency with Windows-based software such as Microsoft Office Suite required
  • Aptitude for learning a wide range of conflicts specific software required

Education/Experience/Certifications

  • Juris Doctor degree required and active bar license from at least one jurisdiction where BCLP has an office
  • 3+ years of previous conflicts/new business or law firm risk management experience at an AmLaw100 strongly preferred
  • Previous large law firm experience involving analytical reasoning or researching skills preferred
  • Experience with Intapp Open software preferred

For additional detail:

  • You can see more details in the specific job posting here
  • And read more about professional life and benefits at the firm  on their careers page:
    • “Great people are the key to our success. That’s true not just for the lawyers who join the firm, but for all of the business professionals we hire.”
    • “We have a long-standing reputation for providing excellent client service, which means we are looking for individuals who pride themselves on going the extra mile. One of our core values is that we treat each other like we treat our best clients and our environment is one of collegiality, cooperation and recognition. Our staff is creative, resourceful, responsive and flexible. We work hard but we also make time to have fun and recognize accomplishments. We also participate in many charitable events and fundraisers and give back to our communities.”


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