Job Description
Well-regarded commercial law firm in the City is seeking to recruit an IT/Tech Disputes Solicitor or Barrister of 3 or more years’ PQE/Call. The team works for suppliers and customers, ranging from household names to innovative start-up businesses in a variety of sectors and industries. The work of the team is particularly focused on serving clients with disputes relating to:
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• IT
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• AI
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• Data
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• other innovative and disruptive technologies
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The areas which they most frequently work in are:
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• technology transformation projects;
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• B2B software and services;
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• AI;
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• financial services and fintech;
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• telecoms;
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• defence and deeptech;
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• life sciences and healthcare;
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• sports tech.
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Key responsibilities include:
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• advising on a varied range of disputes and related advisory work in the technology and innovation sector;
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• contractual disputes relating to technology projects or the buying and selling, licensing and exploitation of technology products and services;
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• assists with claims relating to negligence, misuse of data, breach of confidence, trade secrets and some IP (such as software copyright claims and patent license disputes).
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Most of the team's disputes involve court litigation, but a proportion of your work may include arbitration and many disputes are resolved through ADR.
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The ideal candidate:
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• will have relevant PQE gained within a commercial litigation/IT disputes or tech disputes team in private practice;
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• will have a passion for technology disputes, with a solid grounding in its basics and a commitment to further developing a career in this area;
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• may have an IT/programming or computer science background but not a pre-requisite.