# Risk & Compliance Lawyer

**Company**: Freshfields
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $165,000 to $190,000
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

Freshfields is a major international law firm, providing business law advice of the highest quality. We want to be the law firm that clients turn to for legal advice where it matters most, wherever in the world that may be.

The Risk & Compliance Lawyer plays a key role as a member of the firm’s Legal Department, which manages the firm’s risk exposure and provides advice to the firm on a range of legal and compliance issues relating to business acceptance, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, client due diligence, sanctions issues, reputational and commercial risk.

**Key Responsibilities and Deliverables**

As a member of the Legal Department’s US team, the Risk & Compliance Lawyer will have the following responsibilities:

- Advise the partnership on business acceptance issues relating to conflicts of interest, confidential information, reputational risk and sanctions issues globally

- Undertake due diligence and reputational risk assessment of new clients and matters

- Assist the partnership with solutions to resolve conflicts, confidentiality, reputational and commercial risk, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and sanctions issues

- Answer questions from partners, associates and staff at all levels across the firm regarding US law, regulations and firm policies

- Review and advise on client engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines

- Advise the partnership on ad hoc queries relating to ethics and regulatory compliance

- Assist in review of incoming lateral hires for potential conflicts of interest

- Remain current on the type of work that Freshfields undertakes across all sectors

- Develop and maintain close working relationship with all members of the Legal Department

- Assist with training to the firm on risk issues and be an ambassador for the Legal Department within the wider firm

- Assist with the development and implementation of business acceptance processes

**Key Requirements**

- This is a hybrid role requiring in office presence three days per week in Freshfields DC, Boston, or Raleigh office

- Must hold a law degree and be admitted to practice law in the US

- Must be used to working to very high standards of accuracy and efficiency

- Must be able to give clear and commercial advice succinctly

- Must have excellent drafting skills

- Must have a meticulous approach to maintaining concise, up-to-date and accurate records

- Must be able to influence and liaise with all levels of both legal and support staff

- Must be able to manage a workload of key projects as well as day-to-day queries

- Must have a high level of IT skills, including familiarity with applications such as Word, Outlook and Excel

- Must be willing to work out of hours and travel as needed

**Essential**

- Strong analytical skills and ability to grasp relevant issues quickly

- Combination of confidence, presence and a diplomatic manner

- Reputation as a proactive problem solver

- Fast thinker, quick learner who is able to work efficiently

- Excellent communicator who articulates advice confidently and succinctly

- Demonstrates high level of confidentiality, integrity and professionalism

- Positive can-do attitude, enthusiasm and the ability to perform

- Team player who others respect and enjoy working with

- Superb organizational skills complemented by the ability to prioritize and multi-task effectively

- Commitment to continuous improvement in a personal and departmental context

- Ability to strategically identify new systems and procedures to improve the quality and efficiency of the department

- Diplomatic and professional demeanor with an understanding of how to influence and operate across a global firm

**Desirable**

- At least 4 years’ experience working as a qualified lawyer within a leading international law firm

- Experience working as a lawyer in the compliance, conflicts, risk management or business acceptance department of a large or international law firm

- Experience working in a large international team based across a number of locations

## Skills

### Required
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Drafting skills
- Influencing skills
- IT skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Project management skills

### Nice to have
- Experience working in a large international team
- Experience working as a lawyer in the compliance, conflicts, risk management or business acceptance department

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