WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

The Legal & Regulatory team of the Risk Group at Fieldfisher, provides advice and guidance on legal and regulatory issues, risk management and training for the Firm.
The team also manages the Firm’s compliance with SRA requirements, global PI arrangements, commercial conflicts and claims and complaints against the Firm; and supports new lines of business and the integration of new offices across the Firm’s global network.

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Qualified lawyer with relevant experience preferably within an internal Risk team at an international law firm;
• Proven dispute resolution experience (professional negligence and/or professional indemnity and/or in house claims management);
• Strong academics;
• Demonstrable drafting skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Knowledge of SRA regulation;
• Working knowledge of data protection and data privacy law and regulation;
• Risk management experience preferably gained in an international law firm or in-house in an international business;
• Willingness to work as part of a wider team, with a desire to build strong working relationships and the drive to support growth of an expanding Risk function within this expanding international Firm.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Based in our London office, you will be a member of our Legal and Regulatory team and assist the team in its day to day operations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting other Risk lawyers in ensuring the Firm’s compliance with its regulatory obligations across its global offices;
• Supporting the firms General Council including reviewing matter files, preparing instructions to counsel, maintaining the claims bordereaux, assisting in the management of disclosure exercises;
• Researching and drafting responses to queries from lawyers within the Firm;
• Drafting and reviewing client facing documents including client engagement letters, outside counsel terms and legal notices;
• Drafting internal communications and guidance;
• Risk reviewing contracts (clients and suppliers);
• Supporting other Risk lawyers on implementation of Risk projects including enterprise risk management, horizon scanning and maintenance of key Risk documents and registers;
• Assisting other Risk lawyers supporting Firm projects such as the opening of international offices;
• Liaising where necessary with other Business Service providers (Finance, HR, IT) and senior stakeholders within the firm;
• Assisting other members of the Risk group with the devising and delivery across the Firm of Risk training.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RECRUIT ON A ROLLING BASIS, MEANING THAT YOUR APPLICATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE REVIEWED BEFORE THE APPLICATION DEADLINE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FILLED THE ROLE.

Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market-leading practices in many of the world’s most dynamic sectors. We are an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on technology, financial services, energy & natural resources, and life sciences.
We are a law firm built around people with all their diversity and we strike a healthy balance between legal excellence and a down-to-earth practical approach to our clients’ needs. We believe The Future is Human, so we choose a collaborative approach with an intense focus on the end-user and consider carefully how to shape our services to add the most value to our clients