Litigation and Regulatory Affairs Assistant General ...

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you're trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That's why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.Job Description:Crowe LLP is seeking an Assistant General Counsel for Litigation and Regulatory Affairs. This Assistant General Counsel will manage the firm's responses to all litigation, regulatory investigations, and subpoenas, as well as advise our professionals on risk items. The Assistant General Counsel will report to the General Counsel within Crowe's Firm Risk Management business unit and will have significant exposure to the company's partners, management, and all functional areas. Crowe's Firm Risk Management business unit and its Legal Department are critical components of the firm's organizational structure. The Assistant General Counsel for Litigation and Regulatory Affairs will support the General Counsel and other Crowe personnel in the development of overall risk management and legal strategy and assist with its implementation. To perform this function, the Assistant General Counsel must learn general firm practice in a wide variety of areas, proactively identify issues presenting risk to the firm, and act as a driver of good business process. A successful candidate will commit to learning Crowe's multiple business lines at a detailed level and be a leader capable of developing and maintaining close working relationships with the firm's other business leaders. Members of the Legal Department must lead, educate, and collaboratively assist our business leaders, seeking practical and creative solutions to the issues confronted. Our attorneys are expected to work on a broad variety of legal matters outside of their central role. In addition to the below Role and Responsibilities, the Assistant General Counsel will review, revise, and negotiate professional services and technology agreements; utilize our contract management software for such agreements; and assist with merger and acquisition activities.Role and Responsibilities:Oversee and manage litigation and dispute resolution. This includes working with external counsel to achieve strategic goals; developing case assessments and budgets; conducting internal fact-finding and interviews; facilitating discovery; monitoring pleadings, motions, and overall case posture; participating in settlement conferences, mediations, and trials; advising firm leadership and engagement teams on litigation risks and outcomes.Manage the Firm's response to civil and regulatory subpoenas, including overseeing document collection, conducting custodian interviews, managing email search and retrieval, and supervising document review for accuracy and completeness.Provide practical, business-oriented legal counsel to engagement teams to proactively resolve disputes and mitigate risk.Advise professionals and leadership on regulatory investigations and firm risks by applying laws, regulations, and professional standards (including SEC, PCAOB, and AICPA requirements) governing the accounting profession with seasoned litigation judgment.Develop and deliver training on litigation and regulatory risk to drive continuous improvement.Learn in detail about our data platforms, information repositories, organizational structure, and related systems to meet legal preservation requir

Created: 2025-12-04