Risk Analyst (Conflicts) (Dentons Business Services EMEA)

Dentons Business Services EMEA is the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world's largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.

Role

The purpose of this role is to support the business in assessing new requests (being new clients and / or new business with existing clients) from a conflict and compliance point of view using Dentons’ and third-party research databases.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Review intake requests to ensure completeness and accuracy of client and matter information.
• Conduct internal and external conflicts checks, including analysis via Dentons' conflicts database and external databases.
• Investigate corporate structures and management profiles to support conflict and AML analysis.
• Identify and escalate potential legal, commercial, sanctions, or reputational conflicts in line with firm policies.
• Coordinate with Global Dentons offices to obtain conflict clearances.
• Support AML refresh processes for existing clients and monitor high-risk clients in line with a risk-based approach.
• Assist in reviewing engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, and confidentiality terms.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure data is entered and managed in accordance with firm policies.
• Identifying and resolving confidential information issues, implementing information barriers and document security processes
• Coordinate with other Analysts and other team members in order to meet deadlines, time-sensitive issues and other challenges.

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Benefits