Risk & Compliance Lawyer — New York (hybrid)

Senior lawyer role within the Legal Department of a major international law firm, focused on managing firm risk and providing practical advice on business acceptance, conflicts, confidentiality, sanctions, AML and related regulatory issues. The team supports partners and fee-earners globally and works on cross-border matters.

The role advises on client/matter onboarding, conducts reputational and conflicts due diligence, assists with waivers and information barriers, reviews engagement terms and outside counsel guidelines, and handles ad hoc ethics and regulatory queries. The position will also contribute to training, process improvement and cross-office coordination across US offices.

This is a hybrid position with an expectation of regular in-office attendance in New York (three days per week) and occasional travel to support a global practice. The team values pragmatic, commercially minded legal advice delivered with high accuracy and strong stakeholder management.

• Law degree and admission to practice in the US.
• Approximately 4 years’ post-qualification experience; experience in a law firm risk, compliance, conflicts or professional responsibility function preferred.
• Strong knowledge of conflicts processes, client due diligence, sanctions and AML issues and US regulatory/ethics frameworks.
• Excellent drafting, analytical and stakeholder-management skills; ability to communicate succinctly to partners and senior lawyers.
• High level of IT literacy (Word, Outlook, Excel and web-based research); meticulous record-keeping and project-management abilities.
• Willingness to work occasional out-of-hours and to travel as required.