Head of Conflicts

Job Description

Practice Group / Department: Risk & Compliance Management UK & Europe - London Job Description Were Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. As well as the relevant skills and experience, werelooking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realizetheir full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion. Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work fromboth the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s healthand overall wellbeing. The RoleWe are looking for someone with considerable conflicts and general compliance experience to join the Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (NRFLLP) Risk & Compliance Team, based in London.The role & responsibilities include but are not limited to:Strategy

• Creates strategies to resolve the most complex conflicts issues balancing the firm’s regulatory obligations with its strategic and commercial goals;
• Collaborate with the other member firms’ Compliance teams (in particular NRFUS) to review and redesign current conflicts processes to achieve a ‘follow the sun’ approach across the verein;
• Input into a strategic review of the sector strategies and in time a review of the Conflicts Principles, as determined by the global Head of Compliance in conjunction with the EMEA CCO.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Play an active role in the EMEA Heads of leadership group to ensure any new developments which impact the firm are identified and addressed and emerging patterns and issues are managed and/or escalated, as appropriate;
• Input into the global ways of working;
• Taking the EMEA lead in building and cementing relationships with colleagues in the other member firms involved in conflicts resolution and terms.
• Collaborate with the other EMEA Heads to create efficiencies across all workstreams;
• Advise on wider business acceptance, risk and regulatory issues as and where required;
• Foster strong working relationships with other internal stakeholders in Business Services

Subject matter expertise

• Subject matter expert for complex conflicts and reputational issues
• Subject matter expert on Secondments with particular focus on conflicts and clients confidentiality
• Take escalations from R&C Counsel, Senior R&C Lawyers and other team members;
• Advise on resolution of the most complex matters, take forward to resolution as needed, draft / supervise appeal documents, brief Global Head of Compliance and other stakeholders, attend appeal briefings as needed;
• Provide technical legal advice and support to Partners and fee earners on complex conflicts and confidential information queries;
• Join meetings with the SRA dedicated point of contact on regulatory issues related to ethics and conflicts;
• Lead on / input into internal investigations which involve a conflicts element;
• Advise the business in relation to actual / potential own interest conflicts;
• Act as escalation point on conflicts provisions in bespoke client terms

People

• Manage a team of expert Senior R&C Lawyers and Managers;
• Lead on resourcing and talent acquisition;
• Develop, delegate and supervise the rollout of conflicts training to the team;

Process

• Ensure conflicts and compliance processes are efficient and meet current and future business needs;
• Ensure a common approach to conflicts management across London, Newcastle, Asia and ME, and work with other regional teams to achieve the longer-term goal of a common approach across all member firms.

Diversity, Equity and InclusionTo attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential.Our new enabled work model allowsour people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to workfrom both the office and a remote location, while continuing todeliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusiveemployment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s health and overall wellbeing. Find more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusionhere.We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams. We strive to create an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any tailored adjustmentsor accommodations, please let us know here.