Senior Attorney

1 day ago

London, United Kingdom Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Full time

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Tokyo and Washington, D.the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.
Under the oversight of the Chief of Global Conflicts & Legal Ethics and the Director of Conflicts & Legal Ethics, a Senior Conflicts Attorney supports part of the firm's critical risk management function, addressing all areas of conflicts of interest and new client intake inherent in a large global law firm.
A Senior Conflicts Attorney handles new matter and new client intake, conflict of interest research; Senior Conflicts Attorneys work with partners, attorneys and clients to ensure potential conflicts are resolved firm-wide.
Advise attorneys on conflicts rules and assist in adherence to such rules and firm policies when drafting, reviewing and coordinating client engagement and conflict waiver letters
Ensure firm policies and procedures relating to conflicts and client intake are communicated and make recommendations for changes when appropriate
Provide guidance to attorneys, analysts and firm personnel related to conflict of interest rules and procedures as required
5+ years of legal experience as a law firm or in-house counsel required
~ Proficient knowledge of large firm practice areas: financial organizations, banking and capital markets, private equity firms and other business organizations
~ Ability to identify and resolve actual and potential conflicts of interest within various types of transactions, restructurings, bankruptcies and litigation.
~ Proficiency in internet research, WCO, CapitalIQ and other corporate databases
~ Ability to communicate professionally, clearly, concisely, and diplomatically both verbally and in writing and articulate legal relationships and the nature of representations
~ Ability to analyze and summarize conflict situations, articulate potential issues, and suggest resolutions to attorneys as required
~ Proven analytical and organizational skills with the ability to provide a quality, accurate, and efficient work product in a high-volume environment.
~ Ability to learn and utilize specialized internal conflict checking software and multiple software applications and workflow processes of various departments
~ Hybrid: Monday-Thursday in office, ability to WFH on Fridays

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