Ogc Assistant - Manchester, United Kingdom - Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About Latham & Watkins:
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world.

The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service.

We are driven by our core values:
respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About the Role:
The OGC Assistant - Conflicts Data is an integral part of Latham's Office of the General Counsel team.

This role will be responsible for optimising and maintaining the data housed within the conflicts system to ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency, while assuring compliance with all policies and procedures of the firm, and while identifying and monitoring best practices and data consistency.

This role will be located in our Manchester office.

Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications:

Other key responsibilities include:

Working with the Conflicts Data team, OGC Supervisor
Conflicts Systems & Data, Business Intake leadership, Conflicts leadership, as well as other senior stakeholders to ensure appropriate risk management procedures are in place and being followed
Collaborating with the aforementioned to ensure conflicts data is uptodate and continually working on the review process of how conflicts data is created
Monitoring and managing required edits of conflicts data, as found through conflicts clearances and regular reports, in line with firm policy and procedure
Working with the OGC Supervisor
Conflicts Systems & Data and OGC Manager
Conflicts, Business Intake, Compliance Systems & Data to develop and prepare various reports relating to system data integrity and cleanup
Inputting and updating data into the conflicts database including special notations, affiliates, portfolio companies, directorships, lateral data, and other datarelated projects relating to the database, matters, and parties outside the normal conflicts checking process

We'd love to hear from you if you:

Possess knowledge and proficiency in automated workflow tools
Demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Exhibit the ability to use independent judgment and discretion when making majority of decisions

And have:

Relevant experience handling large volumes of data and working within a database
Project experience

Benefits & Additional Information:

Health insurance as well as group income protection and life assurance
A pension plan
Wellness programs
Employee discounts
And more

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups.

These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services.

We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department.

Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages.

Our diversity makes us who we are.

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