Senior Counsel, Litigation

Our Client is looking for a Senior Counsel who will oversee a range of sensitive matters and provide strategic legal guidance on issues involving conduct, compliance, regulatory exposure, and organizational risk. Our Client is looking for a Senior Counsel who will oversee a range of sensitive matters and provide strategic legal guidance on issues involving conduct, compliance, regulatory exposure, and organizational risk. Key Responsibilities Serve as counsel on complex and sensitive internal investigations, taking primary responsibility for investigative strategy, scope, execution, and resolution. Lead investigations involving allegations of fraud, employee or executive misconduct, ethics violations, regulatory non-compliance, conflicts of interest, and violations of company policies. Develop investigative plans, identify key legal and factual issues, review relevant evidence, and conduct interviews of witnesses and subjects. Coordinate with internal attorneys, compliance professionals, HR, security, finance, internal audit, and other subject matter experts throughout the investigative process. Advise executive leadership on significant legal, regulatory, reputational, and business risks arising from investigations. Present investigative findings and provide clear, practical recommendations regarding remediation, disciplinary considerations, risk mitigation, and potential legal exposure. Conduct sophisticated legal research and prepare memoranda, investigative findings, executive briefings, and other privileged legal work product. Partner with outside counsel and other external advisors when investigations require specialized expertise or additional resources. Maintain appropriate protections surrounding attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, confidentiality, and sensitive investigative information. Contribute to enterprise-wide investigation protocols, governance frameworks, documentation standards, and best practices designed to promote consistency and investigative excellence. Identify trends and lessons learned from investigations and recommend improvements to policies, controls, compliance programs, and business processes. Qualifications J.D. from an accredited law school. 6+ years of experince Significant experience conducting complex internal, regulatory, government-facing, or white-collar investigations. Demonstrated first-chair experience, including responsibility for investigative strategy, witness interviews, evidence assessment, legal analysis, findings, and recommendations. Ability to independently manage sensitive matters involving senior executives, significant financial or reputational exposure, and complicated factual circumstances. Strong judgment and ability to make decisions when facts are incomplete, disputed, or evolving. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating complex legal and investigative issues to senior executives. #J-18808-Ljbffr