Conflict Risk Analyst
Dentons, United Kingdom

Dentons is the world's largest law firm, renowned for its commitment to delivering innovative legal solutions to clients around the globe. With offices in over 160 countries and a team of legal professionals dedicated to excellence, Dentons offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment.

The purpose of this role is to support the business in assessing new requests (being new clients and/or new business with existing clients) from a conflict and compliance point of view using Dentons’ and third-party research databases.

These role’s responsibilities are:

• Review intake request to ensure completeness of information regarding the matter for the new or existing client;
• Conduct research on new intake requests against Dentons’ conflicts database and other resources;
• Data entry, search, and analysis of data into the Dentons’ conflicts and new matter intake systems in accordance with Dentons’ policies and procedures;
• Conduct research via external sources to establish corporate structures and management profiles;
• Verifying that all conflicts checks are complete, consistent, and accurate and adhere to established standards and procedures for all conflicts of interest searches performed Firm-wide;
• Reaching out to other Dentons regions to obtain conflict clearances across Dentons worldwide;
• Perform data analysis and identify possible issues and notify the requesting attorney or other appropriate party as needed;
• Identification and escalation of sanctions and reputational issues;
• Identification and resolution of legal and commercial conflict issues in accordance with Firm policies and local regulatory requirements;
• Ensure the timely and efficient processing of requests and their processing;
• Ensure accuracy in searching and reporting tasks;
• Contribute to process, procedure, and technology improvements to ensure process efficiency;

Qualifications, skills, and experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree, legal education is required;
• Fluency in English written and spoken (preferably C1 or higher), is essential as this is an international role requiring communication across multiple countries and units.
• Prior experience in analyzing and resolving conflicts of interest and managing confidential information issues acquired in an international law firm is preferable;
• Experience working with Intapp Open system is a plus;
• Strong communication skills, dealing confidently, competently, and diplomatically with internal clients worldwide, persuasively communicating the Risk position in writing as well as by telephone and providing clear and unambiguous instructions;
• Strong analytical skills, with ability to quickly identify and meticulously analyses complex issues and provide practical solutions;
• Ability to comprehend the commercial concerns arising from the underlying advice provided by a global law firm;
• Methodical and organized approach to work and strong prioritization skills, with ability to work efficiently under pressure, priorities and deliver work to a consistently high standard and to deadlines;
• Ability to make decisions and remain calm while under pressure, particularly when dealing with challenging situations;
• Strong commitment to excellent internal client/customer facing service, being professional in outlook and attitude and serve as an ambassador for Risk Europe; and
• Ability to work as part of an international multicultural environment.

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