Associate - Data, Cyber & Technology Risk

DAC Beachcroft; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft in Leeds is seeking a junior Disputes Lawyer to support technology liability claims and cyber & data risk. The role sits within our Commercial Dispute Resolution team and the professional liability and commercial disputes group, which handles cyber incidents, data litigation, and technology claims for insurers.

You will work with leading practitioners, manage breach notifications, and help grow the practice regionally.

Qualifications

• Experience in professional liability or commercial disputes practice.
• Strong communication and client handling skills.
• Ability to deliver clear legal advice to clients.

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with clients in a supportive environment.
• Help deliver our knowledge of key issues and provide meaningful advice to clients.
• Support on exciting and fast-paced breach notifications.
• Support with growth of the practice in Bristol and beyond.
• Operate at the cutting edge of this emerging area of law.
• Operate with autonomy, but with the benefit of support and supervision from leading practitioners at all times.
• Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, often making time pressured and critical decisions.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment, both within the team, across the firm, and with clients.

Skills

Professional liability

Commercial disputes

Client handling

Legal advice

Job description

Our Commercial Dispute Resolution team are currently looking to bring in a junior Disputes Lawyer to support technology liability claims and cyber & data risk.

Within the professional liability and commercial disputes group we have a team specialising in cyber incidents, data litigation and technology claims. Our team has defended a range of professionals in the technology sector and acts for the major insurers in this sector.

The team has also responded to hundreds of breaches and Cyber and Data Risk incidents, helping clients of all sizes. We are a preferred legal services provider to the Cyber and Data Risk insurance industry which ensures a regular and growing flow of data breach matters and data claims. The team typically acts as the first responder, coordinating the breach and forensic investigation alongside providing legal advice or defending data and privacy claims.

Key Responsibilities

As part of the Technology Disputes and Cyber and Data Risk team you will:

• Interact directly with clients in a supportive environment;
• Help deliver our knowledge of key issues and provide meaningful advice to clients;
• Support on exciting and fast-paced breach notifications;
• Support with growth of the practice in Bristol and beyond;
• Operate at the cutting edge of this emerging area of law;
• Operate with autonomy, but with the benefit of support and supervision from leading practitioners at all times;
• Work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, often making time pressured and critical decisions;
• Work in a highly collaborative environment, both within the team, across the firm, and with clients.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Experience within a professional liability/commercial disputes practice
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility for matters
• Good communication, relationship and client handling skills
• Ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients on day-to-day issues
• Ability to demonstrate a reasonable level of self-sufficiency, combined with an awareness of the boundaries of own competence/authority
• Change oriented with a positive, flexible approach towards the implementation of new initiatives
• Team oriented and collegiate with a willingness to share knowledge with and support other members of the team

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.