The role is to provide risk and compliance support to the firm's
General Counsel, COLP and COFA and to the wider business, to ensure
that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards in the
manner in which the professional standards of conduct are applied in
client relationships, in its management of risk and its compliance
with regulatory requirements. The role will also assist in promoting
best practice in these areas throughout the firm's international
network. The successful candidate will work with paralegals and
in-house lawyers in the firm's Risk Team.
The Team
The Risk Department provides support to the firm's senior management
and to the wider business, to ensure that the firm develops and
maintains the very highest standards of professional conduct,
optimally manages risk and ensures compliance with legal and
regulatory requirements. The role will also lead in promoting and
embedding best practice in these areas throughout the firm's global network.
Key Responsibilities
Maintaining the firm's database of service level agreements and
assisting with their review.
Developing and promoting internal risk management policies and procedures.
Researching legal and regulatory issues and producing related
guidance, practice notes, templates and training materials.
Assisting with queries related to the professional, regulatory,
and legal obligations of solicitors and law firms.
Attending to the firm's information barrier systems.
Assisting with the administration of the Risk Team's various email inboxes.
Maintaining and updating the Risk Team's intranet pages.
Helping with the design and delivery of training and awareness
programmes and materials for lawyers and other staff.
Assisting with the regular review and updating of the firm's
policies and procedures, risk registers, breach registers,
compliance plans, engagement letters and another documentation and records.
Working with and assisting with training the Risk Team Paralegals.
Experience and Skills Required
Experience working in a leading Central London or major regional firm.
Previous experience of risk and compliance is essential.
Strong organisational, communication and project management skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills - the person will liaise with both
lawyers and business services groups, in each case at all levels of seniority.
Strong analytical skills and ability to focus on detail but also
on the larger picture.
Ability to write clear, accurate and practical guidance and precedents.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global
law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and
commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction,
energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a
comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal
services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses
operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating
in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and
inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities
and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities
through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and
minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480
partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people
overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that
guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and
strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
Work as one
We are a globally connected team of talented people
who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with clients
We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver
unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of
everything we do
Celebrate difference
We help each other to be at our best and believe our
differences result in greater achievement
Act boldly We
seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising
that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and
professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to
be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to
fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services
career development. They vary across levels and different business
areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
This is the job description as constituted at present; however the
Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the
changing needs of the business.
