BAU - Conflicts Assistant (18 Month FTC)

4 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Addleshaw Goddard Full time

The Firm's Business Acceptance Unit (BAU) is part of the Firm's Office of the General Counsel (OGC) Directorate with 60 team members who have responsibility for conflict checking, client and matter onboarding and compliance file audit.

Within BAU, the Conflicts team of 25 Assistants, Advisors and Team Leaders undertakes all aspects of conflict searches including the analysis of conflict and confidential information issues in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Code of Conduct 2019, other regulations, policies, and procedures. 

As an employee at AG, you will benefit from a flexible and agile culture. We are committed to making agile working accessible to all, balancing our employee's needs with the requirements of the team, the firm and its clients, living true to values in our Mindful Business Charter.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The team comprises of Assistants and Advisors processing, analysing, and filtering conflict searches in relation to the Firm's inbound client and matter instructions and working alongside the OGC to resolve complex conflict issues and other queries. The team is also responsible for implementing and maintaining Information Barriers and Insider Lists in accordance with Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and dealing with general client and matter inception queries including elements of matter management and engagement letter maintenance.

As a BAU Conflicts Assistant you will work closely with other Assistants in the team and provide support to the Advisors, the BAU Conflicts Manager and General Counsel and Risk Lawyers (GC&R) to resolve conflict and confidential information issues. Advice is provided to partners and fee earners in relation to the Firm's procedures and conflict checking obligations.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE? 

Processing and filtering conflict search results, conducting legal and commercial analysis of potential conflict and confidentiality issues. Reporting only key issues to partners, fee earners or the GC&R team. Analysing confidential records to assess the relevance and supporting GC&R in referrals to the Conflicts Committee / Conflicts Partner. Liaising with PAs, fee earners, partners and GC&R in relation to potential issues and general queries. Processing all queries received into the team's inbox, including the creation and maintenance of information barriers, processing of extend reports and other ad hoc tasks. Dealing with compliance related queries with supervision. Monitoring in and outbound workflow to ensure internal SLAs are achieved.  Compiling Management Information ('MI') statistics for stakeholders.  Undertaking project work in relation to BAU workflows, monitoring systems and controls.

MORE ABOUT YOU...

Experience in dealing with conflict check processing or strong knowledge of conflicts gained from a legal role Strong analytical and research skills with the ability to work with large volumes of data and competing deadlines.  Capable of using own initiative with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. Excellent service orientation skills, a self-starter with experience of working within service levels.  Good communication skills with the ability to communicate appropriately both verbally and in writing. Adaptable and flexible. Proficient in using Microsoft Office software, i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel. 

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH:  IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in. 

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.

Are you up for the challenge?

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