Senior Conflicts Analyst

The opportunity for you

We're seeking an experienced Senior Conflicts Analyst to join our growing and dynamic Risk Management team in London. This is a key role within our new business intake function, offering the opportunity to take ownership of complex and high risk conflict matters while working closely with senior stakeholders across the firm.

As a Senior Conflicts Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in identifying, analysing and resolving ethical and commercial conflicts, supporting both the Business Acceptance team and our UK partners. You'll act as an important link between the UK and US conflicts teams, applying predominantly American Bar Association (ABA) rules while also ensuring compliance with SRA requirements. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with stakeholder engagement and mentoring others.

Key responsibilities

In this senior role, you will:

• Act as a key liaison between UK partners and the US Conflicts team, supporting the resolution of conflicts under ABA rules and clearly explaining regulatory requirements where needed
• Conduct substantive analysis of conflicts search results in line with ethical rules and firm policies, proposing clear and pragmatic resolutions
• Review both standard and non standard engagement letters and draft conflict waivers and consents as required
• Identify when ethical walls are required, prepare supporting documentation and escalate matters appropriately.

Knowledge, skills and experience

We're looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

• A degree or equivalent qualification with strong academic performance
• Proven experience handling ABA conflicts within a corporate or professional services environment
• A strong working knowledge of applying both ABA and SRA professional conduct rules
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Confidence exercising sound judgement and making well reasoned decisions
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage complex matters accurately
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1250+ lawyers, 350+ partners, 26 offices and 16 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Risk Management team, with the addition of a Senior Conflicts Analyst.

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