Job Description

Junior Lawyer (Risk and Compliance)

Department: Risk and Compliance

Team and Risk and Compliance
Business Unit:
Director of Risk and Head of Risk
Reports to:
Purpose of job: To ensure the firm and individuals within the firm maintain and
promote the highest standards of legal and regulatory compliance;
advancing and protecting the vital interests and reputation of the firm;
and leading thinking on risk management and legal and regulatory
compliance.
Whats in it for
you? The Risk and Compliance team has an international and
cross-functional advisory remit. We work closely with the
Managing Partner, the Board and the Risk Committee to
ensure co-ordination and alignment with our business
objectives and a clear line of sight and accountability in
respect of all areas of risk. To advance and empower a risk
aware culture based on ethics and integrity across the BLP
Group

The BLP Central Risk and Compliance team is based in

London and the role would be part of this team

To work in partnership with all levels of BLP staff to give

integrated legal, risk and regulatory advice and support

Primary work contacts: Risk and Compliance Lawyer (based

in Singapore), Risk and Compliance Lawyer and Advisor
(based in Manchester), Compliance Team, Head of Risk and
Director of Risk (based in London)

Secondary work contacts: Risk Partner/MLRO and senior

members of Business Services staff

To provide proactive and aligned business enabling solutions

to protect and promote BLP Groups reputation

Key tasks:
Act as a first point of contact for internal risk and compliance
queries

Act as a point of contact for the Compliance team in relation

to complex conflicts and confidential information issues

Address all areas of legal and regulatory compliance,

including issues concerning the regulation of the firm, its
international operations, its adjacent businesses, and its
lawyers

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Specific legal, regulatory and compliance issues include:

- Conflicts, AML, Sanctions, information security and

confidentiality issues, market abuse, share dealing,
outside interests, publicity, data protection, escrow
arrangements, confidentiality undertakings, FSMA
and the Scope rules, consumer legislation, audit
letters

- The firms adequate procedures under the Bribery

Act

- Terms of engagement managing Outside Counsel

Guidelines

- HR issues including the take on of lateral hire

partners and/or teams, staff exits and support for
the annual SRA PC renewal exercise

Assist with the continued development and implementation

of a risk management framework for the firm across its
operations, including:

- Drafting risk and compliance policies and procedures

- Development of the firms risk framework and

maintaining risk registers for the Business Services
Departments and the Practice Groups, international
offices and adjacent businesses

- Assisting with preparation of reports to senior

management and the Board on key risk issues

- Other thematic risk projects, as required

Work with senior management across the firm to:

- Design and manage implementation of risk projects

to respond to key areas of risk to the firm,
regulatory developments or other thematic areas of
strategic development or re-investment for the firm

- Support the regulatory aspects of strategic projects

- Communicate key regulatory and compliance issues

- Draft and deliver training to mitigate key risks

Draft consultation responses in respect of issues of interest

or concern to the firm

Responding to pitch queries

Represent the firm at external conferences or other

stakeholder events

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Experience and Experience in regulatory compliance, ideally in an

Knowledge international Top 20 firm or other professional services
environment

Experience in regulatory compliance, ideally concerning the

SRA Handbook, FSMA or similar regulatory regimes

Experience in private practice (or in-house or with a

Regulator) in any of corporate, commercial, litigation,
regulatory and/or data protection

Experience in design, implementation or management of any

technology-based compliance systems and processes also an
advantage

Language skills are an advantage (particularly Mandarin,

Cantonese, Russian, German or Arabic)

Attitude and Confident self-starter who is comfortable handling a broad

Skills array of commercial and regulatory queries and providing
advice direct to the business

Excellent communication skills and independent judgement

as you will be required to work closely with partners across
the firm and other members of senior management on
sensitive and time critical issues that concern the reputation
of the firm

Excellent time management, ability to prioritise work and

execute it efficiently and effectively

Team player

Confidentiality To ensure all hardcopy materials containing confidential

information are securely stored and accessible only to those
authorised to view such content

To ensure all confidential information stored electronically

are securely stored and accessible only to those authorised
to view such content

Disclosure As a regulated firm of solicitors, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

(BLP) is required to undertake appropriate vetting of staff.
In addition to completion, by applicants who accept a job
offer, of a regulatory questionnaire, BLP uses a specialist
provider to undertake professional verification and
background checks (including through electronic data
sources, and directly with employers and professional
bodies/regulators) on our behalf. We will also undertake
certain verifications ourselves

BLP adopts a risk-based approach to its vetting procedures,

which are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance

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with it legal and regulatory obligations. For further details,
please see our recruitment website: https://jobs.blplaw.com/

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