Job Description

Associate/Senior Associate

Location

London

Practice Area/Department

Technology & Commercial Transactions

PQE Level

4-7 PQE

Job Title

Associate/Senior Associate

Closing Date

30-May-2024

Work Type

Full Time

Description

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Travers Smith

Travers Smith is a leading full-service law firm, with a wealth of experience in its areas of specialisation. We build lasting relationships with clients across several sectors but with a particular focus on asset management, financial services, technology and energy & infrastructure. It is Travers Smith's purpose to provide the very highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive, and enjoyable working environment.

The Department

The top tier Technology and Commercial Transactions ("TCT") Department covers a broad spectrum of technology and commercial contracts work, including the following areas:

Energy and Infrastructure

• Key areas of expertise including advising on long term contracts that underpin investments in energy and infrastructure which deliver decarbonised or deglobalised solutions. These include heat networks, smart meter funding and rental, last mile networks for new residential and commercial developments and smart energy solutions.

Technology and Outsourcing

• Key areas of expertise include advising on large scale, high value, critical outsourcings for consumers and suppliers. This covers the full range of outsourcing work from IT and business proven outsourcings to other bespoke forms of outsourcing. We also advise on large scale system implementations, cloud computing and software.

Data and Cybersecurity

• Key areas of expertise include data protection audits and policy work, advice on online privacy policies and data collection and exploitation, responding to information security breaches and implementing international data transfers.

In addition, its lawyers work on supporting high profile M&A transactions, in particular on complex carve-out transactions involving transitional and long term contracts.

The TCT Department is made up of Partners (five), Senior Counsel (two), Senior Associates (four), Associates (eight), Trainees (five) and Knowledge Counsel (two). It is a close-knit, friendly and supportive team where people enjoy the work and working with each other.

Key Responsibilities

We are recruiting for an individual to work predominantly within the Energy & Infrastructure practice of the TCT team (albeit that it is likely that support will be needed on the other areas covered by the team). Typical work will therefore include the following:

• Energy & Infrastructure: advising on long term contracts governing the delivery and infrastructure supporting energy supply, including for heat networks, smart meter rollout, air source and ground source heat pumps, renewable energy, last mile networks and fibre to the home/premises.
• Outsourcing: advising on high value and long term primary and secondary outsourcings of business critical functions across a range of sectors.
• M&A: advising on the buy and sell side of transactions, with a particular focus on complex carve-outs and the transitional and long-term arrangements put in place to support a transaction

Person Specification - Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• An outstanding academic record.
• Qualified Solicitor in respective jurisdiction.
• Experience in energy and infrastructure contracts for owners and operators of utilities and energy networks.
• Evidence of strong verbal and written communication skills.
• An ability to demonstrate proactivity and good transaction management.
• A team player who thrives working within a collegiate environment.
• A willingness to show commitment and engagement to the firm's culture.

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