Assistant Manager (Solicitor) Commercial, Technology and Data

KPMG United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Manager (Solicitor) in London to provide commercial and regulatory-driven solutions. The role includes building client relationships, providing legal advice on business model changes, and supporting team development. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in information technology law and a minimum of 1 year PQE.

Qualifications

• A qualified lawyer with at least 1 year PQE.
• Experience in IT law and agreements.
• Knowledge of IP licensing and outsourcing.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop positive business relationships.
• Provide legal implementation services on projects.
• Advise on changes to business models.

Skills

Information technology law

Contractual drafting

Negotiation

Data protection

Client relationship management

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Overview

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Job description

KPMG Overview

KPMG is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Tax, Legal, Consulting, Deal Advisory and Technology services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity and insight to our clients' most critical challenges. With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our vision is simple: to be the clear choice for our clients, for our people and for the communities we work in.

Job Description

KPMG Law is a fast-growing part of KPMG. We are now seeking to recruit a Manager (Solicitor) to support the growth of the Commercial and Technology part of our Commercial, Technology and Data team. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a team which works across KPMG providing our clients with commercial and regulatory-driven solutions.

Why you might want to join KPMG Law:

• You can see the advantages of professional advice being provided within a multidisciplinary team
• You are ambitious and perceive the wealth of opportunities presented by an established legal practice in a leading global professional services firm
• You want the opportunity to develop client relationships and KPMG Law's capabilities.
• You are excited by the idea of being a member of a team that will grow significantly
• You want to broaden your experience and become a more rounded professional
• You want to achieve a sustainable work-life balance.

What KPMG Law is looking for from its lawyers:

Team players who enjoy working with people from different backgrounds and disciplines

Approachable people who are keen to develop personally and professionally, and to assist with the development of junior team members

Lawyers with a passion for the law Intellectually curious, open-minded and analytical people, with an eye for detail and pride in their work Driven and proactive professionals who deliver a great service to their clients

Relationship builders who can spot and develop new opportunities both within the KPMG network and externally

Flexible people who are able to deal with a fluid, changing work environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Building and developing positive business relationships within and outside KPMG
• Assessing problems from multiple angles to ensure that our clients have comprehensive commercial law advice to support their decision-making
• Working collaboratively to devise and driving forward creative legal solutions for clients
• Providing our clients with a seamless multi-disciplinary legal implementation service on national and global projects
• Assisting clients in the development of new businesses in the start-up phase or when wishing to enter new markets
• Advising clients on the legal aspects of changes to their business models, including as a result of adoption of digital and other technologies.
• Supporting clients with the legal implementation of their transformation programmes, including group restructuring, outsourcing, large scale technology programmes
• Helping clients create, manage, exploit and protect their intellectual property assets.

Qualifications and Skills

The applicant will be a commercial lawyer with experience of information technology law and agreements.

The applicant will have experience in contractual drafting and negotiation gained on national and international projects, across a range of disciplines including:

• Outsourcing arrangements (both ITO and BPO)
• Software licensing, IT services and IT infrastructure arrangements (including public cloud and data centre arrangements)
• IP licensing and also research and development agreements

The applicant should also have sufficient data protection experience to draft and advise on data transfer, data processor and data-sharing agreements.

Applicants who have some, but not all the above experience will still be considered.

Experience and Background

The applicant must be a qualified lawyer with at least 1 years\' PQE

The applicant must be keen to develop and broaden his/her legal skills to include working on multi-disciplinary projects and being closer to the business side of these projects.

The successful applicant will be a self-starter and a strong performer and team player who is focussed on helping to ensure that the team successfully delivers projects for its clients. While consulting appropriately on difficult issues, he/she must be able to deliver robust and appropriate legal advice and exercise sound judgement.

An interest in helping to build the team's business and relationships will benefit the applicant.

The successful applicant will have experience of working with demanding clients across a wide spectrum of size and activities and will be expert at service delivery.

He/she must be able to demonstrate sound client relationship and business development skills, and a keenness to develop these skills further.

The successful applicant will be expected to take responsibility for servicing and building part of the existing business of the team.

The successful applicant will help promote the team's work through participating in team and firm events, giving internal and external presentations, and producing expert articles for publication.

Experience in some of the following sectors would be considered helpful:

• Financial services (banking, insurance, investment management, payment services)
• TMT
• EnergyRetail