Our Privacy & Data team is growing and we’re looking to hire experienced data privacy lawyers from 2 yr PQE upwards. Thanks to our national network, we can be flexible on location. Current team members are based in Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester and Thames Valley and so we’re ideally looking in these locations.
What do we need?
We want to hear from candidates who have specialised in Data Protection since qualification and have an enthusiasm for and a proven track record in advising on privacy and data matters, preferably including international experience.
The ideal candidate will share our values of providing outstanding client service and will have been an active participant in business development, marketing and networking initiatives in your current role.
What can we offer you?
A wide range of global privacy projects with a strong international flavour for a loyal and ever increasing client base (FTSE Plcs, international household names and innovative start-ups). You might take that as a given but with us, you’ll do that with a supportive team behind you which values each individual’s career progression and prides itself on providing an enjoyable working environment for all.
We have an opportunity for candidates anywhere between Associate and Principal Associate level due to the type of work we handle and the scope to expand the team. If title and progression are important to you, we’d be keen to have those conversations at application stage and see how we could work with you to achieve your goals. It’s an exciting time to be talking to us as we go from strength to strength in this area.
The team
Our Privacy & Data team has grown dramatically in recent years and now consists of 20 lawyers, including 5 partners. The team is extremely busy with both UK and international work, has a leading BCR practice and ambitious plans for further expansion. You can read more about our offering here.
In addition to general advisory and transactional services, we have established platforms for data breach response services, data protection audits and compliance programmes and outsourced Data Protection Officer (DPO) services,
Privacy & Data sits within the national Commercial Practice Group – a 28 Partner practice which also contains TMT, Commercial and Projects, IP and Financial Services teams across the UK. We also work closely alongside our colleagues in employment, corporate and other complementary practice areas. We are ranked in the top tier of Legal 500 for most of our practice areas, although our intention is to have top rankings across the board and for the entire team to have a role in that.
The firm
We are a top 50 law firm with over 200 partners and around 1,600 staff in total. We have 13 locations in the UK and a significant international network. Our clients include some of the largest financial, automotive, and technology businesses in the UK and abroad.
We champion diversity and inclusion, and our mission is to attract and nurture a diverse group of people and to create an environment and culture that is genuinely inclusive, in which every member of staff feels valued for their contribution. We have been awarded Gold status in the Law Society Diversity and Inclusion Charter in recognition of our commitment to this. We were also the first major law firm to achieve “Gold Standard” Investors in People. |