Assistant General Counsel

Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation. We work with many of the world’s top multinational corporations, law firms, banks and private equity firms on their most important issues to deliver impact that makes a difference. From resolving disputes, navigating crises, managing risk and optimizing performance, our teams respond rapidly to dynamic and complex situations.

At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you.

Are you ready to make your impact?

About The Role

FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Conflicts Department seeks an attorney to help oversee all conflicts issues, both legal and business, in connection with the processing and acceptance of its client engagements.  FTI is comprised of several different consulting disciplines that provide various litigation and non-litigation based consulting services. Together, FTI’s reporting segments submit more than 10,000 potential engagement requests per year, each of which must be analyzed for potential conflicts and client relationship sensitivities.  The conflicts attorney will play a key role in assessing these requests and helping to direct the team responsible for conducting an initial review of the potential new engagements.  This position reports to the Associate General Counsel for Conflicts.

The following experience and competencies are required for this role:

• Communication, Advocacy, and "Influencing" Skills. A key aspect of this role includes interacting with FTI's senior management and professionals, senior partners at law firms, and senior in-house lawyers within client organizations. A candidate must have excellent interpersonal, relationship building, and communication skills, as well as the ability to patiently and professionally deal with contentious points of view while driving toward resolution.

• Collaborative and Team-Oriented. A candidate must have experience working in teams and possess a collaborative working style. The role requires the individual to be culturally astute, organizationally savvy, adaptable, and capable of building consensus across a diverse range of stakeholders.

• Significant Litigation Experience. The candidate must have significant experience in litigation matters, either in private practice, an in-house legal department, government, or a combination of these entities.

• Superior intellect, with the ability to think critically and make clear and well-reasoned decisions in complex situations; ability to see and handle more than the legal issues of a project; strong, pragmatic business acumen with the ability to recognize the business consequences of legal advice; a strategic and innovative thinker who can bring value to his or her clients and find creative solutions to complex legal problems.

• Gravitas, judgment and self-confidence, but also humility, deference, respect for others, and willingness to work as a team member.

• Ability to manage crises deliberately and thoughtfully but also expeditiously and calmly. Grace under pressure.

• Personal credibility and the ability to articulate positions concisely and quickly, in a manner that is useful and easily understood by all stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

The role of the attorney in this process involves various responsibilities:

1. Review and Analysis of Conflicts Decisions.

All new engagements are submitted to FTI's Conflicts Group for review and analysis. A portion of these engagements raise significant client relationship issues and/or perceived conflicts; these submissions require consideration by Conflicts Department leadership and, in many cases, discussion among FTI's division heads and senior professionals.

This position will be responsible for helping to analyze and advise on challenging conflicts decisions and oversee the FTI’s conflicts and client acceptance processes. This includes working collaboratively with other staff within the Conflicts Group, which consists of approximately 18 analysts, attorneys, and other professionals located in the U.S. and internationally.  The attorney will help Conflicts Department leadership ensure that the conflicts process runs efficiently, while maintaining quality and consistency of the work.

This position will also help facilitate and intermediate discussions with division heads and senior professionals when conflicts issues arise. Generally, the senior business leaders are experienced with this pr