Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets - Associate (1-3 PQE)

Squire Patton Boggs; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the UK is seeking a qualified lawyer with 1-3 years of experience to provide legal guidance on data privacy law, commercial transactions, and regulatory compliance. This role offers opportunities to advise a diverse client base on technology and digital matters while working collaboratively within a global team. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical and communication skills, with an emphasis on practical business advice and the ability to manage complex projects independently.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive environment

Professional development programs

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' post-qualification experience in tech transactions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage large/complex matters independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on commercial transactions and client projects.
• Work on privacy matters for domestic and global clients.
• Advise on regulatory and commercial risk.

Skills

Data privacy law knowledge

Client communication

Contract analysis

Team collaboration

Education

UK-qualified lawyer

Advanced legal qualifications in data protection

Job description

You will provide guidance and detailed advice on commercial transactions and client projects, work on discrete privacy matters for domestic and global clients, and support on M&A and corporate finance transactions. A key component of the work is to identify and advise on areas of regulatory and commercial risk, while enabling clients to innovate, capitalise on commercial opportunities and unlock the full value of data and digital technologies while ensuring privacy by design and by default.

Are you looking to work in a collaborative, high-performing team that offers front-line, meaningful responsibility advising the firm's global client‑base in relation to innovative technologies, digital assets and services, and data-driven projects? If so, we are seeking a qualified lawyer (1-3 PQE) with sound knowledge of data privacy law and practice to join our team. The role will require effective data regulatory and contractual analysis and drafting skills, proven experience of advising on applicable data and other regulatory frameworks, and familiarity with drafting privacy-related documentation.

Our client base is truly varied and offers the widest range of complex and challenging work. Clients include global manufacturing and specialty materials companies, luxury automotive manufacturers, aviation businesses, leading media and entertainment businesses, health care majors and healthtech innovators, web services businesses, and pioneers operating across digital business and artificial intelligence.

Our global team is expanding - this is an exciting time to join Squire Patton Boggs with the opportunity to get involved in a varied workload with plenty of scope for direct client contact, and genuine opportunities for progression.

Coordination with international colleagues and outside counsel will be a key part of the role. You will therefore join with a commercial attitude along with a confident and proactive approach, good people skills, the ability to work as a team player and evidence of ability to network.

You should expect excellent quality of work in a culture which encourages leadership and involvement with the business and its clients.

You

We are looking for a UK-qualified lawyer, with 1-3 years' post‑qualification experience in tech transactions, data privacy and digital projects in a law firm environment. You must demonstrate excellent technical skills alongside strong verbal and written communication abilities, coupled with the ability to provide pragmatic and business-focused advice to clients, to enable them to balance commercial and compliance risks and opportunities.

You will be a self-starter with the ability to prioritise workload with competing demands, display good judgment and work well under pressure. You will have the ability to independently manage meaningful segments of large/complex matters, and to assist in managing projects to completion. Any advanced legal qualifications in data protection and privacy would be desirable.

We would be particularly interested in speaking with candidates who are both England & Wales-qualified and have professional fluency in Spanish.

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start‑up visionaries and sovereign nations.

More than 1,500 lawyers operating in 46 offices across four continents provide unrivalled access to expertise. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and London.

The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.

Our Team

Our Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets team is recognised as one of the few "Elite" global practices focusing on transactional, regulatory, policy, disputes and other work for data businesses, and across all aspects of data. The firm has a presence in many of the world's most dynamic business and technology hubs, including San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, London, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney.

You will frequently work alongside colleagues based in the UK and throughout the EU, the US, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region on global counselling projects and deals involving data protection and e-privacy, artificial intelligence, digital business, the commercial exploitation of data, and complex cybersecurity incidents.