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Fried Frank Business Services

Global law firm for corporate and financial clients

Information Governance Risk and Compliance Analyst

Full-Time
$110k - $125k
Mid
Bachelor's
New York, NY, USA
In Person
CybersecuritySecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
  • Three to five years of hands-on experience in information governance, compliance, IT audit, or information security, including demonstrable work running control tests or access reviews.
  • Working proficiency in PowerShell and KQL, with experience querying platform audit logs.
  • Practical familiarity with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, permissions models across approved information repositories, and audit logging on those platforms.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Responsibilities
  • Develop information governance policies and procedures, and translate them into enforceable technical configurations and measurable controls.
  • Maintain an auditable inventory of data assets across Microsoft 365 and other approved information repositories, capturing classification, ownership, location, and retention state.
  • Contribute to enterprise-wide risk assessments by quantifying exposure from overprovisioned access, stale data, and sensitive data sprawl using platform reporting rather than self-attestation.
  • Develop risk mitigation strategies and control requirements, and track findings and remediation to verified closure.
  • Support compliance with client contractual obligations, including outside counsel guidelines, regulations, and data protection laws by implementing and evidencing corresponding controls.
  • Serve as the technical respondent for client audits, security questionnaires, and regulatory inquiries by mapping requests to implemented controls and assembling evidence.
  • Plan and execute recurring control audits across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, and approved information repositories, and maintain the audit calendar, evidence library, and exception record.
  • Collect evidence programmatically with PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and KQL, querying audit trails across identity, mail, file, and endpoint platforms to show a control operated over a defined period.
  • Perform entitlement reviews and access recertification covering nested group membership, privileged roles, service and shared accounts, dormant objects, and broadly permissioned repositories.
  • Test control effectiveness by validating classification and data loss prevention detection, retention and disposition execution, and alerting coverage.
  • Oversee the information security program, including periodic review of security tooling configuration against approved baselines and hardening against exfiltration and insider risk.
  • Perform incident response and recovery tasks, including log review, containment and scoping queries, evidence preservation, and post-incident remediation tracking.
  • Assess third-party vendor risk in data handling by reviewing questionnaires, audit reports, and penetration test summaries against observable configuration.
  • Collaborate with procurement and legal teams on contractual security, audit rights, and data handling requirements.
  • Communicate risk, compliance, and security findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and maintain recurring reporting on control testing and access review results.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with control frameworks such as ISO, SOC 2, and NIST.
  • Certifications in IT audit, such as CISA; Microsoft security and compliance administration, such as SC-400 or SC-200; or risk management.

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Fried Frank is a global law firm with more than 800 lawyers across New York, Washington, D.C., London, Frankfurt, and Brussels. It advises major corporations, investment funds, financial institutions, and business leaders through the full life cycle of their business, offering corporate and M&A, real estate, asset management, financial regulation, restructuring, tax, antitrust, and executive compensation counsel, alongside litigation and regulatory enforcement work. What sets Fried Frank apart is its pragmatic, business-oriented approach and long-term client relationships across top-tier transactional and contentious matters. The goal is to deliver legal services of the highest quality through excellence, integrity, and collaboration on clients' most complex challenges.

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  • September 2026 Solander hire expands private funds regulatory coverage in Washington, DC.
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  • Junior associate intake fell from 87 in 2023 to 60 in 2026.
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Fried Frank
Sep 22nd, 2026
Fried Frank expands Asset Management regulatory bench with addition of David Solander.

Fried Frank expands Asset Management regulatory bench with addition of David Solander. Press releases | September 22, 2026 Fried Frank announced today the addition of David Solander as an asset management partner in Washington, DC. With a distinguished track record in navigating the regulatory complexities of the financial sector, David joins the firm's Asset Management Practice, further reinforcing its dedication to deliver sophisticated counsel in a constantly evolving landscape. "David's command of the US regulatory framework, SEC compliance and fund formation adds formidable depth to our platform," said Kenneth I. Rosh, chairman of Fried Frank and co-head of the firm's Asset Management and Private Equity Funds Groups. "His sophisticated counsel on the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act, combined with his insight into broker-dealer regulation, strengthens our ability to navigate critical regulatory shifts and accelerates the growth of our private capital platform." At the core of David's practice is a comprehensive focus on counseling sponsors and managers of private funds - spanning hedge, private equity, real estate and venture capital structures - through their most challenging regulatory and operational milestones. He counsels financial services firms on the various regulatory, compliance and transactional matters that arise during fund formation, and routinely advises on the full life cycle of investment products, from structuring and internal compliance reviews to complex SEC examinations and enforcement proceedings. Beyond traditional regulatory advisory work, David brings cutting-edge skills related to trading and investing in digital assets, positioning asset managers to capitalize on new market opportunities while remaining strictly aligned with regulatory expectations. "As the regulatory landscape for private funds continues to evolve, our clients require proactive, bespoke strategies," said Michael L. Sherman, regulatory partner in the firm's Asset Management Practice. "David is well suited to address these growing needs from our fund clients. I look forward to partnering with him as we, along with partner Dabney O'Riordan, continue to provide clients with regulatory counsel across the full life cycle of their funds." David joins a practice that continues to see significant momentum and several strategic partner additions over the past two years, including Allison Yacker, Audra Cohen, Amy Johnson and Steven Homan in New York, Aranpreet Randhawa in London, and Dabney O'Riordan in Washington, DC. Fried Frank's global Asset Management Practice provides top-tier advice on all aspects of funds, managed accounts and other investment vehicles. This includes fund formation, negotiation of managed accounts and advisory agreements, structuring management companies and compensation arrangements, spinouts, seeding and stakes transactions, documentation of prime brokerage and other trading arrangements, and advice regarding ongoing operations. The practice is consistently top ranked by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 in both the United States and United Kingdom, and has been recognized as one of Law360's Practice Groups of the Year. This communication is for general information only. It is not intended, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice. In some jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising. Please refer to the firm's data policy page for further information.

Fried Frank
Sep 18th, 2026
Foursquare to be acquired by Infillion.

Foursquare to be acquired by Infillion. Press releases | September 18, 2026 Fried Frank advised Foursquare, the leading location intelligence platform, on its acquisition by Infillion. The deal will bring Foursquare's real-world visitation data into the Infillion platform, alongside Catalina's purchase intelligence, giving advertisers a privacy-safe way to measure whether advertising drove real-world results. Foursquare's footprint spans over 100 million points of interest across 200 countries, 16 billion human-verified check-ins and aggregated coverage of 250 million US devices. For more on the transaction, read the companies' press release. This transaction highlights Fried Frank's work advising leading technology companies on strategic M&A transactions that enhance platform capabilities. M&A and private equity partners Stephen B. Amdur and Alison McCormick led the Fried Frank team. This communication is for general information only. It is not intended, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice. In some jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising. Please refer to the firm's data policy page for further information.

Washington Council of Lawyers
Jul 6th, 2026
Summer Forum 2026: Criminal Law & Death Penalty Panel preview.

Summer Forum 2026: Criminal Law & Death Penalty Panel preview. The criminal legal system remains at the forefront of national discourse, especially concerning the pervasive issues of abusive policing, mass incarceration, and the death penalty. These systemic problems not only undermine individual liberties but also perpetuate cycles of injustice and inequality within its communities. Addressing these challenges requires a deep examination of current practices and the implementation of transformative reforms to protect fundamental human rights and ensure equitable justice for all. Learn more about these important topics at its 2026 Summer Forum Panel on Criminal Law & Death Penalty Panel on Thursday, July 9. Register here to join Washington Council of Lawyers! Mindy Johnson will moderate the Criminal Law & Death Penalty panel. Mindy manages pro bono efforts in Fried Franks' Washington, DC Office. As Pro Bono Attorney, she develops and supervises pro bono projects and collaborates with legal service organizations in the Washington D.C. area. Before joining Fried Frank, Mindy was an associate with a civil rights boutique law firm and an associate with a large US law firm, where she litigated cases on a billable and pro bono basis for organizations and individuals, securing successful outcomes in civil rights and immigration matters, veterans' benefits and criminal appeals and in other complex civil litigation. Mindy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Council of Lawyers and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. Its panelists will be: Abby Crick, American Bar Association Abby joined the Death Penalty Representation Project in 2023. Abby works with attorneys and law firms interested in pro bono projects to identify cases needing their assistance. Abby found her passion for capital representation as an intern at the Project in 2013, and she is excited to return to the American Bar Association as a Senior Attorney. Prior to her return, Abby worked on pre-trial and post-conviction capital cases in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Abby has a B.A. from Northwestern University, an M.A. from Boston College, a J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law, and an LL.M. from Georgetown Law. When not focused on ensuring that capital defendants receive effective representation, Abby spends her time reading, traveling, and going on long walks with her family. Beth Wilson manages and supports Williams & Connolly LLP engagement in pro bono work. In addition to managing the administration of the firm's pro bono program, Beth provides strategic counsel to attorneys working on a wide range of pro bono litigation matters. She also works closely with individual attorneys to help them establish pro bono practices that complement and enhance their existing firm practices. Beth's own practice focuses on criminal defense and post-conviction matters. While seconded to the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Beth represented over 200 individuals facing misdemeanor and felony charges. She tried multiple cases as bench and jury trials and represented clients in a variety of adversarial proceedings including bail review and violation of probation hearings. Prior to becoming the firm's first pro bono counsel in 2025, Beth was an associate at Williams & Connolly. She represented individuals, corporations, and law firms in a variety of matters in federal and state courts and in arbitration proceedings. James Moody, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project James Moody joined the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project in 2021. Prior to working at MAIP, he was a public defender in Miami, Florida, where he served as both a trial and appellate attorney. Outside of law, James has spent time as an executive in the tech industry, ski instructing, and playing in blues bands. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and NYU School of Law. Washington Council of Lawyers look forward to seeing you at this panel! Register here to get your ticket to the keynote and the substantive panels. Join the conversation using #SumFo26!

Fried Frank
Jul 1st, 2026
Nationally recognized trial lawyer Jerrob Duffy joins Fried Frank.

Nationally recognized trial lawyer Jerrob Duffy joins Fried Frank. Press releases | July 1, 2026 Fried Frank announced today that Jerrob Duffy has joined the firm as a white collar litigation partner in Washington, DC. As a nationally recognized trial lawyer and former senior federal prosecutor, Jerrob brings deep experience representing financial institutions, particularly in the real estate finance sector, in high-stakes investigations, enforcement actions and complex litigation. His arrival builds upon the firm's continued momentum in recruiting prominent former government officials, further strengthening the Litigation Department's white collar defense and enforcement capabilities. "Jerrob's experience serving as lead counsel in more than 18 federal jury trials brings a level of courtroom authority that is invaluable," said Scott B. Luftglass, Fried Frank's vice chairman and co-head of the firm's Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice. "As our clients increasingly seek counsel who are not only skilled strategists but effective in-court advocates, Jerrob's ability to guide clients through every stage of a dispute adds a critical dimension to our trial team." Prior to joining Fried Frank, Jerrob served as Chief of the Litigation Unit in the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Criminal Division Fraud Section and as an Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. Building on that foundation, he has spent years representing financial services companies, commercial lenders and boards in internal investigations, risk and compliance matters and enforcement actions brought by the DOJ, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission and other federal agencies. Additionally, Jerrob represents large real estate finance companies in regulatory defense, investigations and compliance matters. He also has experience helping clients navigate Congressional investigations. "Jerrob is a highly regarded litigator whose robust trial experience is deeply beneficial to our clients facing high-stakes investigations," said Ilan T. Graff, partner and head of Fried Frank's White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations Practice. "His arrival is a significant step in our strategic commitment to expanding our Washington, DC, footprint, and continuing to enhance our white collar defense and enforcement capabilities." Jerrob is the latest in a string of prominent former government officials to join Fried Frank in the past 18 months. His arrival follows that of white collar litigation partner Candice C. Wong, who brings nearly a decade of experience as a federal prosecutor, including serving in senior management positions in the DOJ's Criminal Division and the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, as well as litigation and asset management partner Dabney O'Riordan, with 17 years of experience at all levels of the SEC's Enforcement Division, including serving as the longest-standing leader of the SEC's national Asset Management Unit, and antitrust and competition partner Kathy O'Neill, who spent nearly 16 years in the DOJ's Antitrust Division, where she held the position of the senior-most career official overseeing all civil antitrust enforcement. "I am excited to join Fried Frank," Jerrob noted. "The strength of the firm's platform, the caliber of its lawyers and its commitment to strategic growth make this a tremendous opportunity." Fried Frank's White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations Practice has an international reputation for success in defending corporations, financial institutions, their leadership teams and esteemed executives across an array of white collar matters, regulatory litigations, congressional inquiries and internal investigations. The distinguished team boasts former federal prosecutors, including high-ranking officials from the DOJ and SEC, augmented by seasoned white collar defense and regulatory enforcement professionals. Fried Frank's Litigation Department, led by renowned former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, is dedicated to safeguarding the interests of global corporations and financial institutions during their most crucial times. This communication is for general information only. It is not intended, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice. In some jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising. Please refer to the firm's data policy page for further information.

Fried Frank
Jul 1st, 2026
Telegraph Media Group acquired by Axel Springer.

Telegraph Media Group acquired by Axel Springer. Press releases | July 1, 2026 Fried Frank advised Telegraph Media Group, including its independent directors, holding companies and operating companies, on its agreement to be acquired by Axel Springer, a transatlantic family-owned media company. The completion of this transaction follows receipt of all required regulatory approvals in the UK, Ireland, and Austria. As part of the transaction, Axel Springer will further strengthen Telegraph Media Group's commercial and subscription businesses and expand its events and premium offerings, while preserving the editorial independence and integrity that have defined the publication for 170 years. Read the companies' press release for more information. This transaction is the latest example of Fried Frank leveraging various practice groups to advise impactful companies on their most significant and complex matters. The Fried Frank team was led by partner Geoff O'Dea and included antitrust partner Tobias Caspary; tax partner Oliver Curall; M&A and private equity special counsel James Frecknall; finance special counsels Tony Horspool and Lester Su; finance associates Jerome Small, George Obolentsev, Amy Faraday and Eshan Khot; M&A and private equity associate Corinne Zahlis; and antitrust associate Sarah Rodrigues. This communication is for general information only. It is not intended, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice. In some jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising. Please refer to the firm's data policy page for further information.