Commercial Lawyer, 1+ PQE

Addleshaw Goddard LLP; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Addleshaw Goddard LLP in Aberdeen seeks a strong commercial lawyer to join our market-leading Commercial team as an Associate, supporting on a wide range of contracts and data protection matters. The role requires effective management of a busy DSAR portfolio and collaboration with clients and colleagues across the firm.

You will engage in IT, data protection and intellectual property matters, with a primary focus on DSARs, contributing to cross-border transactions and ongoing client service.

Qualifications

• Experience gained within a comparable environment and at an appropriate level.
• Desire and ability to develop strong working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Strong commercial awareness with interest in data protection and privacy work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a substantial portfolio of DSARs and related data protection matters.
• Prepare and negotiate commercial contracts for customers and suppliers, incl. IT/data/IP issues.
• Support the team with a broad commercial workload and provide pragmatic, tailored advice.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Client relationship

DSAR/data protection interest

Job description

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• We are looking for a strong commercial lawyer to join our market leading Commercial team in Aberdeen. As an Associate, you will work closely with supporting the team to manage a fast-paced workload.
• While the role will involve a broad range of commercial work—including preparing and negotiating commercial contracts for clients on both the customer and supplier side particularly in the energy sector, and advising on IT, data protection and intellectual property matters—the primary focus will be managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs).
• This will involve supporting the team during a particularly busy period and requires someone who is organised, commercially minded and confident managing a substantial portfolio of clients. You do not need experience of handling DSARs, but you should be able to demonstrate the ability to deal with a busy workload.

THE TEAM

Our Commercial team is a national group, with teams across each AG office working together on national and cross border transactions. The Scottish team have an enviable client base and consists of 3 partners, fee earners, trainees and embedded paralegals who are involved in a range of work types including Intellectual Property protection and exploitation, IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing, facilities management outsourcing, logistics, SaaS, cloud arrangements and commercial contracts.

Good quality work, high quality people and a strong team ethos and commitment to continuous development underpin our culture.

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

We would expect that you will have gained some experience in a comparable practice or worked in an in-house role. You will have demonstrated good technical and analytical skills, a keen intellect, and a commercial mindset.You should be able to demonstratethat you are able to provide pragmatic, robust and tailored advice and can communicate advice not only in writing but also to clients in meetings and calls.

You will have:

• Experience gained within a comparable environment and at an appropriate level;
• Desire and ability to develop strong working relationships with clients and colleagues;
• Strong commercial awareness – but most importantly a willingness to learn and a genuine interest in developing an expertise in data protection and privacy work;
• Be a team player, motivated and keen to progress to more senior roles within AG;
• Be ambitious and want to help grow the international practice and take an active role in core initiatives in the firm;
• Have enthusiasm for intellectually challenging work, are ambitious and confident to deliver at the highest standard;
• Take time to fully appreciate clients' needs and priorities ensuring their advice is meaningful, tailored, commercial and delivered with a solutions-orientated and enabling mindset; and
• Be details focussed, self-motivated and proactive, and confident in building enduring relationships with clients that are based on trust and high-quality service delivery.

OUR FIRM

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.

We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.

Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.