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Paul Hastings is a leading international law firm that provides innovative legal solutions to many of the world's top financial institutions and Fortune Global 500 companies. With a strong presence throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., we have the global reach and extensive capabilities to provide personalized service wherever our clients' needs take us. As one of the world's leading law firms, we seek dynamic individuals who share our commitment to service, innovation, and professional growth. We have an opening for a Conflicts Attorney. The Conflicts Attorney will be a member of the Conflicts and New Business Intake Department and will report to the Managing Director of Conflicts and New Business Intake. This role is responsible for assisting the Firm's Office of General Counsel, Compliance Officer, Conflicts and New Business Intake Department with legal research, analysis, and counsel on matters relating to conflicts of interest, ethics and professional responsibility issues, compliance, and other matters. In this capacity, the Conflicts Attorney will: Knowledge of and familiarity with conflicts rules as well as other ethics and professional responsibilities rules and laws in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America; Working with non-attorney conflict staff to identify, analyze and resolve ethical and business conflicts issues related to requests for proposals, new business intake, lateral transfers, thrust-upon conflicts, media checks, secondments and other matters; Working directly with attorneys and other stakeholders to resolve ethical and business conflicts and draft engagement and waiver terms, including scopes of engagement, specific and advance waivers, alternative fee arrangements and other terms; Advising on ethical wall memoranda and working with stakeholders to ensure enforcement of same; Experience using intake and conflicts products to perform conflicts checks (experience with Intapp's new business intake and conflicts modules is desired); Performing legal research and analysis relating to conflicts or other matters pertaining to ethics and/or professional responsibility; Draft and present memoranda and presentations on recent developments in conflicts law; Reviewing and recommending revisions to outside counsel guidelines and other terms, and negotiating same; and Completing special projects under the direction of the Managing Director of Conflicts and New Business Intake and/or the Office of General Counsel.
