Digital Business Solicitor 4-5Pqe

International Law Firm

Digital Business

Solicitor 4-5PQE

London

This ranked international law has 280+ partners and 580+ associates across the globe, with each of their lawyers being sector specialists, from healthcare and technology to financial services. The firm's key sectors include asset management and investment funds, financial institutions, healthcare and life sciences, and technology, media and telecommunications.

The firm's Digital Business team delivers expert advice on technology, telecoms, outsourcing, fintech and data matters. They have international reach and have won numerous awards.

Their expertise covers:

• technology procurement, including cloud transactions, licensing, support and maintenance, migration, testing and disaster recovery;
• fintech, including blockchain and cryptocurrencies;
• transactional and regulatory telecommunications with particular expertise in network-related transactions such as procurements of goods and services relating to active infrastructure, passive infrastructure sale and leaseback deals, and network operations centres;
• outsourcing transactions including IT, business process outsourcing (including middle and back office), contact centers, networks, finance and accounting, HR, payroll logistics, and facilities management;
• data related projects ranging from compliance/privacy advice through to legally compliant ways to commercialise data;
• advising on projects that leverage new/emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things;
• commercial transactions, including joint venture, collaboration, strategic partnership, consortium, and distribution; and
• multi-jurisdictional advice, surveys and contract alignment projects.

The team are specialists in a small handful of sectors - financial institutions, asset management and investment funds, TMT and life sciences - where they have deep knowledge and broad experience in these sectors.

The role

The team are seeking a Supervising Associate to join the team in London, where you will support the UK team. You will work with and learn from Partners who are leaders in their field and Associates across other offices, as part of a collegiate and supportive international group.

You will have the opportunity to work on high-value and often high-profile matters within a firm which has an excellent reputation for the quality of work that it undertakes.

Person specification

• You will ideally be between 4-5 PQE with a transactional background with experience in technology and outsourcing deals at a leading firm;
• You will have excellent academics;
• You will have a strong client focus with the ability to work effectively as part of a diverse and inclusive team; and
• You will have a flexible approach to your work and a willingness to work additional hours as required and travel to London and internationally.

Please apply as directed or confidentially contact Aidan McAvinue at Search Legal for more information. Alternatively, if this role is not for you, I am working a variety of Commercial opportunities with ranked teams in the City London so would be interested to talk to any Commercial lawyer.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.