Conflict Intake Analyst
Mayer Brown JSM
- Company Industries:Others
Job Information
- Post Date:2018-05-28
- Career Level:Middle
- Location:Not Specified
- Salary:Salary provided
- Employment Type:Full Time, Permanent
- Job Function:Business Analysis / Data Analysis Legal & Compliance Others
Job Description
This role primarily involves the intake and processing of requests from lawyers/secretaries to open new matters and revise existing matters in the Firm's Client Clearance & Compliance (C3) System. The role is based in Hong Kong but it requires regular liaison with the US and UK office counterparts.
Responsibilities:
- Understand and appropriately apply conflict search rules and business relationship protocols
- Analyse incoming new client/matter and conflict search requests to determine completeness and accuracy of supporting information, to verify proper identification of all parties involved, to confirm regions involved and to ensure requests are initiated in the proper workflow track
- If needed, communicate promptly and appropriately with the requesting lawyer/secretary, C3 Customer Services Team and Hong Kong Business Intake Team to obtain complete and accurate request information
- Determine if a conflict search is needed, and if so estimate the scope of the search. Search scope decisions for certain requests can be made by the Intake Analyst as approved by Conflicts Lawyers. Work closely with Conflicts Lawyers on search scope questions and make recommendations for proper handling
- Analyse party names to determine applicability of automated alerts in the C3 System
- Perform research in online search tools to find or verify corporate relationships
- For urgent requests, determine the business requirement, the appropriate priority level and a workable deadline to meet the needs of the requesting lawyer, communicate with Chicago Researchers for handling
- Review and process request revisions (user changes request before matter opening)
- Appropriately handle highly sensitive and confidential search requests, including inside information
- Conduct LegalKEY/Elegrity searches for new matters (including urgent preliminary searches), and incoming lateral hires
- Prepare and review the daily conveyancing report for new conveyancing matters opened and escalate any issues which cannot be resolved to Conflicts Lawyers and/or the Regional Manager of Risk Management Services
- Assist with anti-money laundering procedures as needed (e.g., in the absence of the CDD Analyst and/or AML Reviewer)
- Other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Degree qualified, preferably Law degree
- 3 years' post qualification experience as a conflict analyst or compliance professional
- Basic knowledge of corporate structure, company formation required, doing online company research preferred
- Experience in a law firm an advantage
- Extremely detail oriented with the ability to think creatively
- Must possess exceptional analytical, communication and organizational skills
- Effective good team player
- Must maintain strict confidentiality and display discretion in communication with lawyers and staff
- Good command of spoken English; Cantonese and Mandarin advantageous
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Information provided will be treated in strict confidence and only be used for recruitment-related purposes.
At Mayer Brown JSM, we understand that our people are our greatest asset. Attractive salary, fringe benefits and excellent career development opportunities will be offered to the right candidates.
PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY INFORMATION
Applicants for employment are required to provide the Firm with data about themselves ("Personal Data") to enable the Firm to assess his/her suitability for the position applied for and to decide the compensation and benefit package to selected applicants. Failure to provide Personal Data will result in the Firm being unable to process his/her application. Personal Data held by the Firm will be kept confidential but the Firm may transfer such data to any of the Mayer Brown Practices* (which may be updated from time to time) and/or third parties performing services for the Firm, on a confidential basis and solely for the Firm's use and benefit in accordance with our Privacy Policy. It is the Firm's policy to retain Personal Data of unsuccessful applicants for future recruitment purpose for a period of six months. You may re-apply any time after six months. Please contact our Regional General Counsel (Asia) at 16th-19th Floors, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, for your right to access or correct your Personal Data retained by the Firm or for any other queries about this Statement or our Privacy Policy.
* The Mayer Brown Practices are: Mayer Brown LLP and Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP, both limited liability partnerships established in Illinois USA; Mayer Brown International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and registered in England and Wales number OC 303359); Mayer Brown, a SELAS established in France; Mayer Brown Mexico, S.C., a sociedad civil formed under the laws of the State of Durango, Mexico; Mayer Brown JSM, a Hong Kong partnership and its associated legal practices in Asia; and Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership with which Mayer Brown is associated. Mayer Brown Consulting (Singapore) Pte. Ltd and its subsidiary, which are affiliated with Mayer Brown, provide customs and trade advisory and consultancy services, not legal services.
Company Info
Mayer Brown JSM is part of Mayer Brown, a global legal services organisation, advising many of the world’s largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX, Hang Seng and Nikkei index companies and more than half of the world’s largest banks. Our legal services include banking and finance; corporate and securities; litigation and dispute resolution; antitrust and competition; employment and benefits; environmental; financial services regulatory and enforcement; government and global trade; intellectual property; real estate; tax; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and wealth management.
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