Conflicts and New Business Analyst
Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Conflicts Team in our London office?
White & Case opens more than 13,000 matters every year, or 1 matter per hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Playing a key role in assisting Partners and fee earners to identify potential conflicts of interest during new business intake, you will work at the heart of the Firm’s operations and as a trusted advisor to our lawyers.
By providing assistance to Partners, fee earners and PA’s in relation to conflicts of interest identified during new business intake, you will also be supporting the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) in handling all aspects related to incoming new business for both new/existing clients. You will also provide support to the OGC in relation to compliance with the conflicts rules requiring defensive analytical research and analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Law, Business, Finance or Marketing preferred but not essential.
• 1-2 years relevant Conflicts experience required, ideally within a law firm
• Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels.
• Exhibit mature judgement and appropriate handling of confidential information.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels.
• Pragmatic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work both in team and individually as required.
• Ability to navigate working under pressure and deadlines.
• Willingness to take on additional tasks, as and when required.
• Excellent IT skills, including proficiency in MS Office, ideally experience of iManage/document management systems.

• Conducting detailed research and analysis on clients of the Firm, their shareholders, and beneficial owners. Using external and internal databases to ensure full compliance, on a documented risk basis, with global conflicts and AML rules and regulations to which the Firm is subject.
• Processing basic and complex types of conflict search and matter requests and all of its related activities, including adherence to our client and matter risk policies.
• Processing reactivation and additional party requests and all of its related activities, including KYC research.
• Conducting KYC research and conflict search in relation to client and matter name changes.
• Gaining knowledge on multi-jurisdictional ethical regulations, especially the US and UK rules.
• Providing analysis, recommendations, and addressing conflict issues as needed for each type of request.
• Collaborating with Senior Conflicts Analyst, and performing any other duties that may be assigned by Management.