[Hiring] Compliance Counsel and Senior Manager @Norton Rose Fulbright

Role Description

Norton Rose Fulbright is accepting expressions of interest from experienced compliance lawyers to join as Compliance Counsel and Senior Manager to oversee conflicts clearance for lateral attorney recruiting across all U.S. offices. This role serves as the operational leader for lateral conflicts review, partnering closely with Recruiting, the General Counsel's Office, and Firm Management to facilitate the successful integration of lateral talent while appropriately managing legal, ethical, and business risk. The position requires deep knowledge of U.S. conflicts rules, strong leadership skills, and the ability to develop policies and drive process improvements.

This role may be performed remotely from any state where the firm maintains an office (Texas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, and the District of Columbia). Employees must also be able to attend the office at the request of their supervisor as needed. This position requires a commitment to work outside of regular business hours.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Create and implement policies and procedures for lateral conflicts clearance; translate strategic objectives into actionable plans.
• Provide operational oversight of lateral conflicts workflows and queues to ensure timely handling; allocate resources, delegate work, and authorize overtime as needed.
• Supervise and mentor Compliance Lawyers, Senior Compliance Analysts, Compliance Analysts, Compliance Lateral Admin and related staff; conduct performance evaluations, targeted training, and career development.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Lateral Compliance Team and Recruiting, ensuring request accuracy, defining deadlines, and following up for missing information.
• Collaborate with New Business Intake, Recruiting, BD, Finance, and IT to streamline processes and improve cycle times.
• Analyze trends and bottlenecks; recommend and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy and speed.
• Oversee compliance conflicts for secondments, ensuring compliance with conflict-of-interest policies throughout onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Prepare and deliver training for attorneys, secretaries, and staff on conflicts and compliance topics.
• Stay current on software and process changes (e.g., Intapp) and lead adoption initiatives.
• Advise partners, attorneys, and Recruiting on conflicts of interest for lateral candidates, incorporating legal, ethical, and commercial considerations.
• Assess waiver needs and clearance provisos, draft clearance memoranda and client notices.
• Review client relationship letters to identify contractual obligations impacting conflicts resolution.
• Review and interpret candidate documentation (e.g., client lists, engagement letters, outside roles) and validate data in conflicts systems.
• Interpret and respond to policy questions related to share dealing and other compliance matters.
• Supervise the maintenance of conflicts system integrity by directing the inputting, updating, and retiring of lateral candidate data; lead data clean-up projects.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) and active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction where the firm has an office (Texas, New York, California, or D.C. strongly preferred).
• 4+ years of experience as a compliance/conflicts lawyer at a large law firm.
• Thorough working knowledge of U.S. conflicts rules and ethical obligations.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise risk-based judgment and provide pragmatic, commercially informed advice.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to engage effectively with partners and senior management.
• Leadership experience supervising, coaching, and developing teams.
• High proficiency in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel; experience with legal conflicts systems (Intapp).
• High integrity, discretion, and accountability for delivering excellent service in a fast-paced setting; ability to reprioritize as needed.

Benefits

• Access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Participation in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible.
• Access to fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.
• Commuter benefits where applicable and student loan assistance refinancing options.
• A competitive paid time off plan, providing a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm.
• Generous paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave (parental leave) benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn or adopted child(ren).
• Child care support through a back-up care program.
• 11 Firm holidays.