The Department

MDR Cyber is the cyber security and investigations practice within Mishcon de Reya. Our team is made up of cyber and investigations specialists who work alongside our legal teams to provide a comprehensive and responsive client service.

Our practice works with clients to support them in the prevention of cyber-crime and the management of sophisticated and often complex cyber-attacks. We help tackle cyber-crime, protecting our clients from cyber-attacks and helping them find digital information that supports their needs.

We have extensive experience of working on cyber security issues with a range of organisations, from large and complex global entities to mid-sized or small firms, start-ups and private individuals. We help our clients implement the cyber security they need to address their threats, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. If an incident occurs, we use our expertise and experience to help clients manage the technological, legal and reputational risks.

Offering a wider breadth of service and a broader range of solutions than traditional investigators, our team combines cutting edge cyber intelligence skills with innovative investigative techniques, understanding the legal requirement to gather facts and evidence properly, safely and ethically.

We assess every investigation to ensure it meets our ethical and quality standards, as well as using a robust review process.

The Role

The individual will be responsible for providing investigative research on live litigation and cyber risk matters using cutting-edge technology. They will be a key part of our capability to conduct open source investigations that will inform strategic decisions on live cases. The role will be critical to the future development of this capability, and requires an individual with both analytical and investigative skills, as well as technology and commercial awareness.

The individual must be highly motivated and eager to become part of the firms' growth plans in Cyber more broadly.

This role will be critically important for contentious matters across the firm, having both digital and non-digital elements and will therefore suit someone who has a strong interest in technology and corporate / commercial problem solving.

This role has the opportunity to evolve over time; therefore a flexible and forward looking approach is required. This role may suit someone who is looking for an alternative career within a law firm.

Responsibilities / Duties

Duties will include, but are not limited to;

• Autonomously planning, costing, conducting and reporting on investigations, acting as a Case Manager, managing the overall investigatory process and client relationship.
• Responsible for the development of the overall investigatory process, tools and techniques, development of internal processes, knowledge management and overall capability development.
• Working with third party investigators, to manage referred cases or conduct joint investigations.
• Working with Legal teams, Business Development, Mishcon Discover and Information Technology to develop and market the Cyber Intelligence capability.

Experience required

• Experience of working either in a litigation team or within an investigative environment is essential.
• Advanced technical skills with an appetite for being involved in new and cutting-edge technology.
• Strong research, analytical and structured problem solving skills.
• Experience in managing large amounts of information, dealing with ambiguity and uncertainty and solving complex problems.
• Experience of optimising and developing the wider investigatory process is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of cyber security, risk management or digital investigations.

Skills/Attributes

• Detail-orientated with solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, techniques and information.
• Ability to manage multiple complex tasks within a time-pressurised environment.
• Strong time management skills.
• Enjoys working independently as well as working in a team-orientated environment.
• Ability to effectively manage own workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Pro-active and takes initiative.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLP in Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

As of 1 January 2023, Mishcon de Reya and Taylor Vinters merged. The merger delivers on both firms' strategies to support the innovation economy and accelerate our growing share of the technology, media and life-sciences legal and consultancy services market in the UK and in key international innovation hubs globally.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy, our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business, also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose, a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx. Complementary to Mishcon de Reya's core areas of work, each is led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.