Associate or Senior Associate (General Counsel & Risk)

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is a world-leading global law firm, where our ambition is to help you achieve your goals.

 

Exceptional client service and the pursuit of excellence are at our core. We invest in and care about our client relationships, which is why so many are longstanding. We enjoy breaking new ground, as we have for over 170 years.

 

As a fully integrated transatlantic and transpacific firm, we are where you need us to be. Our footprint is extensive and committed across the world’s largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.

 

At our best tackling complexity and navigating change, we work alongside you on demanding litigation, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private market transactions. We are recognised as leading in these areas.

 

We are immersed in the sectors and challenges that impact you. We are recognised as standing apart in energy, infrastructure and resources. And we’re focused on areas of growth that affect every business across the world.

 

All of this is achieved by supporting the growth of our people, who help us deliver on our ambition – which is to help you achieve yours.

 

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your goals. Our ambition

The Opportunity

Role Overview

The role is to work as one of the In-House Counsel lawyers in the General Counsel & Risk team. The team is based in London and Australia and covers all of the HSF Kramer offices.

The team assists in ensuring that the firm develops and maintains the very highest standards in the manner in which the professional requirements of conduct, quality and integrity are applied in client relationships, in its management of risk and its compliance with regulatory obligations.  The team also help manage the legal risks of the operations of the firm.

Broadly, you will be involved in the following as part of the team:

·      Ensuring compliance with the regulatory and practice compliance issues for the firm and advising in response to particular circumstances.

·      Advising internally on compliance policies and procedures.

·      Assisting lawyers and management to come to good risk-based decisions on practice related points

·      Preparing and delivering compliance and risk training and awareness programmes and inductions.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory

• Advising on the regulatory requirements on the profession of lawyers in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Knowledge and Learning

• Preparation and delivery of risk and compliance training 

General risk and compliance for the Practice Groups

• Advising lawyers on practice specific issues that arise as they advise clients, such as opinions, escrows, conduct, billing.

• Advising lawyers on the terms on which they may engage with specific clients and reviewing key client terms or requests for bespoke terms or drafting.

• Answering questions and enquires from clients relating to our risk profile and regulatory position.

Supporting the Business Services teams

• Working with business services teams to advise in relation to their support of legal practice.

• Advising our Business Services groups on legal issues relating to the entering into contracts with third parties.

Qualifications, skills and experience

• A qualified lawyer with City practice experience.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment on both legal and commercial issues.

• Strong problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines.

• Strong support and understanding of a law firm’s commercial imperatives.

• Excellent interpersonal skills – the person will liaise with both lawyers and business services groups, in each case at all levels of seniority and from all offices.

• Good presentation skills – delivery of training at all levels.

• An innovative mindset, curious about AI and emerging technologies.

Team

General Counsel and RiskFull time

Location

London

Contract type

Fixed Term Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.