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Associate/Snr Associate - Data Protection - 4PQE+

Employer
CMS
Location
England, London
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
29 Apr 2021

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Job Details

We have an opportunity for an expereinced Data Protection/Technology lawyer to join our highly successful team.


About the role

Our Technology group has an opportunity for a business focused mid to senior level TMT lawyer with strong data protection experience, in London.

The team, who are ranked highly in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, operates as part of the firm's wider Technology & Media group across London, Sheffield, Bristol and Scotland. We focus on the highest quality instructions and our clients range from blue chip multi-nationals to start ups.

As part of the team you will have the opportunity to get involved in a broad range of non-contentious work including commercial contracts and advisory work for some of the biggest names in tech as well as advising clients in other sectors on their technology deals. The team includes life sciences, fintech, ad tech, data and telecoms specialists and experience in one of these areas would be preferred. The team has experienced a significant increase in work flow despite the pandemic and continues to be focussed on growth in these and other areas.

We are specifically interested in candidates with data protection expertise to advise clients across a wide range of areas including data protection registration and policy development, data security and mobile device encryption, data transfer procedures, freedom of information requests, data subject access requests and resolving data protection issues arising from outsourcing projects.


About you

We are a future facing law firm and look for candidates with a next generation mindset. In addition, you will have:
- excellent analytical skills and experience of running your own files and assisting partners on more complex, higher value deals and transactions
- knowledge of technology contracts and transactions in addition to having developed strong data protection expertise
- excellent drafting skills, attention to detail and the ability to translate legal theory into sound commercial advice
- strong interpersonal and problem solving skills


About us

CMS is an international law firm with leading businesses throughout Europe, The Middle East, Asia and beyond. We create sustainable and rewarding futures for our clients, our people and our communities.

Ranked as the world's 5th largest law firm by lawyer headcount and 6th largest in the UK by revenue, CMS works with clients in over 40 countries from 70+ offices worldwide.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. And we recruit, value and nurture top talent.


Equal opportunities
CMS is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment, to not only adhere to current employment law, but to harness the full potential of our staff and ensure that all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. To meet this aim CMS endeavours to treat all staff and job applicants equally, on the basis of merit and the ability to do their job. Everybody will be treated equally regardless of race, colour, age, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital or civil partner status, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and pregnancy or maternity status ("Protected Characteristics"). Click here to see our Equal Opportunities statement.
All job applicants will be treated fairly and judged solely on their merits. If you have a disability which is likely to affect you adversely within the application process, please let us know (as soon as you feel comfortable to do so) so that we can consider whether we can make any adjustments to the process that will allow you to be considered fairly for the role.


How to apply

If you are interested please apply online. If you have any queries please contact Holly Woodhouse, Talent Acquisition Advisor, for more information.

Please note that CMS have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

Company

CMS is a future facing international law firm. With 74 offices in 44 countries and 5000+ lawyers worldwide, and home to business services colleagues across everything from Information Technology, Human Resources and Innovation to Finance, Diversity & Inclusion and Communications.  The firm’s core purpose is to build rewarding futures for its clients, people, and communities.

We’re a global law firm. We focus on the big and the small. We look to the future and embrace agility and challenge. We are experts in our sectors and have the rankings to back that up.  But it’s not all sectors and rankings. We focus on relationships. We’re a community. We look out for each other, encourage everyone to be themselves, and the best version of that. We’re friendly and go-getting. We act with purpose and find passion in what we do. We seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We don’t want everyone to be the same.  We know the best route forward is with the most diverse group of colleagues as possible. We’re here to build a better future.

In a world of ever-accelerating change where technology is increasingly important in the deployment of global strategies, every team at CMS is empowered to operate and innovate in ways that best meet clients’ needs. We encourage ideas from every corner of our business. We are also committed to addressing our own impact on the environment and approach to sustainability, as well as advising clients with their related legal needs.

We strive to spend more time looking at our clients’ world than inwards at ours.  That’s what makes our approach different. Being able to see things from our clients’ perspective means our people are approachable and accessible. And this means we have a genuinely supportive, open culture you won’t find everywhere. 

Our culture

It’s all about relationships. Our relationship with you, your relationship with us, and the relationships we have with clients and the communities around us. We want you to thrive and show your personality. Foster community, work together, listen, be open, and help each other succeed. Act with purpose and find passion. Strive for progress and embrace challenges. Seek out different ways of thinking and doing. We value trust over rules.

At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.  We're diverse, supportive, and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximise their potential and thrive.  

Whatever your specialism, and whether you’re a lawyer or a business services professional, a career at CMS gives you huge scope to carve out a brilliant career as you help us, and our clients, to face the future with confidence.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7367 3000
Location
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom

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