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Are you an experienced Data Protection & Privacy Counsel looking to step away from full-time fee-earning, whilst remaining at the cutting edge of privacy law? Or an in-house privacy counsel looking to develop your career as a Privacy lawyer within a global law firm? We are seeking a Data Privacy Lawyer to join our in-house data protection compliance team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.

With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.

The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.

Our Team

Our in-house privacy team advises on all internal legal matters, with primary responsibility for the UK and EU, but increasingly on a global basis. Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated legal practices and our Data Protection, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets practice group has been named one of the top 25 GDR Elite for the past two years.

Our Opportunity

The principal role of the In-House Data Privacy Lawyer is to advise and support the Data Protection Officer and the Office of General Counsel on data protection (DP), cybersecurity and e-privacy compliance across the global firm. You will be involved with:

• advising on issues arising under the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulations (UK and EU GDPR), including complex international data transfers that are inherent to a global law firm;
• supporting DP and security due diligence assessments on third party vendors, including contract reviews, and contributing to data protection impact assessments;
• providing pragmatic advice/legal guidance on HR-related DP issues, including Inclusion and Diversity programs;
• advising on training and awareness programs, and building tools and resources to support good data governance and the firm's DP obligations under the GDPR and other privacy regulations, across all business functions and legal practice areas;
• identifying and addressing privacy compliance gaps as part of the annual policy review cycle;
• supporting the firm's employees involved in DP compliance across all business functions and practice groups with pragmatic and commercially aware advice/guidance;
• working with the firm's global privacy legal team to incorporate compliance requirements in other jurisdictions, including CCPA, China PIPL, into the firm's compliance regime;
• participating in regular discussions with the global privacy legal team and the global privacy steering committee;
  providing advice/guidance in relation to e-privacy compliance in the marketing area;
• supporting the firm's response to data subject requests and other DP-related compliance initiatives.

There may also be opportunities to leverage your work as in-house privacy counsel to support the Data Protection, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets practice group, for example, by contributing to the development of precedents and knowledge management systems. Candidates should expect excellent quality of work in a culture that encourages leadership and involvement with the business.

The successful candidate can be based in any of our UK locations, with options to work flexibly and/or remotely in the UK if required.

You

We are looking for a qualified solicitor (1-5 PQE) with experience advising on and managing data protection and privacy matters. You must demonstrate a strong commitment to a specialisation in data privacy matters, have the drive and ability to deliver high-quality work and be pro-active in supporting a strong privacy-orientated culture.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a professional approach, good people skills, solid commercial awareness, and the ability to work as a team player across all levels and business functions.

You will be coming either from an in-house privacy role or from a reputable law firm.

What you need to know

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our Careers website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in the first instance. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis, please complete an online application.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

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