Senior Manager, Conflicts Attorneys (International)

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Summary: Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision. Based in London, the Senior Manager, Conflicts Attorneys (International) will lead the Firm's Conflicts Attorneys outside the United States and oversee the day-to-day operation of the conflicts clearance function across the Firm's international offices. The Senior Manager will serve as the senior escalation point for complex and novel conflicts of interest questions arising under the professional conduct rules of the jurisdictions in which the Firm's international offices operate and will interface directly with the Firm's partners regarding approval of new matters. The Senior Manager will continue to personally handle the most complex and sensitive clearances while building, training, and leading a growing team, with the balance of the role shifting toward leadership as the team develops. The Senior Manager will also be responsible for the operational health of the international function — workload allocation and coverage across European, Middle Eastern, and Asian time zones, turnaround and service levels, precedent and template libraries, training programmes, and the continued development of the Firm's conflicts and ethical screening technology — and will handle additional assignments from the Firm's General Counsel and Legal Operations team. This role reports to the Director, Conflicts Attorneys & Assistant General Counsel. Responsibilities include: • Supervising the Conflicts Attorneys based outside the United States, including day-to-day workload allocation, queue and escalation management, and coordination of coverage across the Firm's international offices and time zones. • Managing the daily handover of the global clearance queue to and from the U.S. team, ensuring continuous coverage and consistent treatment of matters spanning multiple regions. • Providing mentoring, training, and ongoing performance feedback to Conflicts Attorneys and Resolution Analysts, and participating in goal setting, annual reviews, and hiring for the team. • Serving as the senior point of escalation for complex, novel, or high-sensitivity conflicts of interest issues arising in the Firm's international offices, and exercising independent judgment on clearance decisions within delegated authority. • Analysing conflict of interest reports for new Firm representations to identify potential conflict problems and ensure new matters and attorney hires are compliant with the Firm's conflict and risk management policies and procedures. • Resolving conflict of interest issues, including negotiating and obtaining necessary waivers and consents and drafting information barrier and ethics wall memos, related to the Firm's clearance of new clients, and new matters. • Advising on matters where the professional conduct rules of two or more jurisdictions apply or diverge — including differences in the availability of information barriers, the form and timing of client consent, and the treatment of former client and imputed conflicts — and coordinating with the U.S. team where U.S. rules are also engaged. • Analysing information provided with new matter requests for compliance with Firm policies and applicable rules of professional conduct, and reviewing and editing draft engagement letters for compliance with same. • Proactively communicating with partners, practice leadership, and Firm management regarding complex conflicts issues, including issues with the potential to affect firm-wide risk. • Overseeing review of

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