Risk Lawyer

We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can gain early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

• A competitive salary and a host of family friendly policies
• Life assurance, private health and dental care for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including gym discount and retail vouchers
• Tech, cycle and electric car schemes
• We support the causes you care about, by giving you one day per year off to volunteer with any charity that you are involved with outside of work.
• A wellbeing strategy that focuses on preventative measures to maintain overall health, and tools and support for when our people experience physical or mental difficulties. The strategy focuses on four pillars: physical, emotional, financial and social aspects.
• We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives

The Firm is looking to develop its Legal & Regulatory Risk team. The team provides risk management support to the Firm (including each of its international offices) to ensure that it, along with its partners and employees, adhere to the legal and regulatory frameworks within which they operate. The role will report to the Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk.

Reporting to the Head of Legal & Regulatory Risk you will deal with a diverse range of risk and compliance related queries and initiatives from across the business, both on a day-to-day basis and in relation to risk management and firm wide projects as appropriate. You will provide proactive support on a range of legal, regulatory and other risk issues including but not limited to:

• developing and maintaining internal relationships across the business (with both practice teams and business service steam) to deliver on risk project goals;
• developing, maintaining and updating the Firm's risk management policies, procedures and guidance notes;
• proactively responding to daily queries in the team inbox which relate to a variety of risk management areas;
• assisting colleagues in business services teams with general risk management issues;
• reviewing and negotiating supplier agreements, including but not limited to supporting business services teams and onboard new technology providers;
• assisting with data protection compliance including handling subject access requests and data breaches;
• reviewing and advising on outside counsel terms and client-requested edits to the Firm's Standard Terms of Business;
• providing support to fee earners on ad hoc risk related queries and assisting with professional conduct issues;
• development and delivery of face-to-face and virtual risk related training to relevant practice groups and business services teams, and general awareness raising amongst partners and employees;
• supporting on cross functional projects as needed
• monitoring legal and regulatory developments in the risk and compliance sector (including for the Firm's international offices) and ensuring that fee earners are kept up to date with any significant changes; and
• serving as a point of escalation to the Business Acceptance team for complex and challenging conflict of interest and financial sanctions issues.

Most of our roles are hybrid, meaning that colleagues benefit from working in our office and remotely. This is a full-time role with a requirement of being in the London office for 3 days per week.

The successful candidate will need to have the following experience:

• qualified solicitor with a minimum of two years experience of working at a large or City law firm (equivalent experience will be considered) either (i) within the firm's internal risk/general counsel department, and/or (ii) as a fee earner within a commercial team;
• experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts;
• working knowledge of relevant statutory and regulatory regimes including the UK GDPR, SRA’s Standards and Regulations, UK Bribery Act 2010, and Market Abuse and Insider Trading laws;
• proven track record of working to deadlines, together with strong organisational skills including prioritisation and the ability and confidence to make business critical decisions;
• excellent interpersonal skills – the person will liaise with both lawyers and business services groups, in each case at all levels of seniority;
• effective communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all levels;
• ability to understand the expectations of different stakeholder groups and individuals across the business and to manage their expectations and frequently communicate across the relevant teams; and
• ability to write clear, accurate and practical guidance and precedents.
• Experience of and comfortable delivering training on various topics across the Firm

This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm’s strategy and business needs.

Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm, and we're committed to creating 'positive partnerships' with our clients. We represent listed and private companies, institutions and individuals, building lasting relationships to help them succeed in a complex and ever-changing world.

Our focus is on five core sectors: Energy Transition, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Capital and Funds, Technology, and Transportation and Trade.

With more than 1,500 people, including 220+ partners, across ten offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we combine deep legal capabilities and broad commercial expertise. We have also forged close ties with high quality law firms around the world, blending local knowledge with global savvy for clients in over 100 countries.

We understand the power of diversity in delivering that high calibre advice to our clients. We want to attract diverse talent and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics.

220+ PARTNERS
10 OFFICES
45+ LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR PEOPLE

Offices in Al Khobar, Athens, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Riyadh, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and associated office in Guangzhou

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