Senior Risk & Compliance Lawyer

This is an interesting and varied role for a senior risk and compliance lawyer at a leading Scottish head-quartered UK law firm.

The successful applicant will work alongside the General Counsel and the wider risk team to support the firm and its senior management team across the risk and compliance space.

Ideally, applicants will have relevant experience in a risk and compliance role at a UK law firm though exceptional candidates with different backgrounds will be considered.

The role Responsibilities

• Support the firm in managing, monitoring and continually improving its risk and compliance systems and controls.
• Support client-facing teams with terms of engagement, including client terms, outside counsel guidelines and related documents.
• Support the firm's conflict checking processes, reviewing potential conflicts and making recommendations as appropriate.
• Review and negotiate contracts between the firm and suppliers of goods and services.
• Draft policies and procedures to take account of changes in applicable law and regulation.
• Deliver training on various risk and compliance related areas.
• Support the risk team in responding to day-to-day queries on professional standards, regulatory requirements, best practice, ethical and other items from across the firm.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Solicitor in Scotland or England & Wales.
• Risk and compliance experience in a law firm or regulatory body preferred.
• Senior level experience of law firm compliance and governance preferred.
• Excellent writing and drafting skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to deal with colleagues at all levels across the firm.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience of preparing and delivering training preferred.

Other information HR Contact

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At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

GDPR

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