Data Privacy Lawyer – 4+ years PQE
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Glasgow
Brief
We are currently looking to recruit a 4+ years PQE Data Privacy Lawyer to join our market-leading international Technology, Media & Telecoms (“TMT”) practice specialising in technology with a particular focus on data privacy. This role may be based in London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Glasgow.
Background to the Role
The TMT practice is a diverse practice dealing with transactional, dispute and advisory work. The data privacy team sits within TMT and is comprised of over 50 partners, legal directors and lawyers working across a network of offices in Amsterdam, Belfast, Birmingham, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Leeds, London, Madrid, Manchester, Munich and Paris.
The team now plays a key role within the wider business, given the business-critical importance of data across all sectors and the need to implement and document appropriate measures where personal data is involved.
In addition, we are advising on novel areas of law, such as online child safety regulations and the evolving legal framework governing artificial intelligence. In parallel, the team works in close collaboration with our contentious data privacy team defending clients in regulatory data protection investigations and providing substantive data protection expertise in litigation matters.
Purpose of the Role
The key elements of the role are:
1. Advising on a full range of data privacy matters, including regulatory compliance, privacy impact assessments, data subject requests, contract negotiation, data protection compliance programmes and international data transfers;
2. Providing subject-matter expertise on data privacy claims and regulatory investigations;
3. Advising on new areas of digital regulation, including AI regulation;
4. Assisting with business development activities in order to win new clients and develop new data workstreams from existing clients - this will involve attending and speaking at conferences, writing articles, and engaging with the key client relationship teams;
5. Providing data privacy specialist input in a contractual/transactional context for IT contracts, services agreements, complex international transfers of data (both intragroup and at arm’s length), data licensing, data sharing agreements, and online terms. While the majority of time will be spent reviewing, drafting and negotiating data privacy related provisions, this may also include an element of IT/commercial drafting more generally; and
6. Supervising junior fee-earners and leading on matters with clients, helping to develop existing relationships with both clients and the teams outside of TMT with whom we work in close collaboration on large shared client mandates.
Knowledge, skills and experience required
7. Previous hands-on experience of advising on data protection projects is a key requirement, including experience of advising on EU GDPR/UK GDPR compliance, international data transfers, privacy notices, negotiating and drafting processor clauses/agreements, and advising on direct marketing and e-Privacy issues.
8. An awareness and a good understanding of upcoming regulatory changes in the data protection sphere is expected.
The Candidate Required
The successful candidate will ideally have gained experience in a large tech/commercial practice, specialising in data protection. The successful candidate must be not only technically excellent, but also commercially aware and enthusiastic about data privacy. Familiarity with advising in fast-paced, frontline tech sector environments is preferred, though not essential. This may include previous in-house or secondment experience, or experience advising on engagements with regulators.
Additional attributes
As well as having the experience mentioned above, the candidate should be:
9. Strong academically;
10. A team player who can work with different teams and lawyers across the firm;
11. A self-starter who enjoys business development and would like to develop their business development skills; and
12. Someone who has excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with strong organisational abilities.
What will we offer you?
13. We are a market-leading, dynamic and growing international team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients.
14. You will be working with colleagues who are leading specialists in data privacy.
15. We have an unparalleled client base comprising major banks and insurance companies, market-leading global technology businesses, UK Government and a number of leading international companies in our global sectors.
16. We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in TMT. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver "best of breed" services.
17. Early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.