Legal Counsel - Datasets

Consilio LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology organisation is seeking a lawyer with expertise in datasets for a 6-month contract with potential extensions. The role involves responsibilities like dataset clearance and legal advisory on data usage and regulations. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in IP licensing, privacy law, and the ability to balance legal and business demands. This position offers a flexible, hybrid working model within the Greater London area. Join a dynamic environment that values high-quality work and allows professional growth.

Benefits

Flexibility and autonomy

Training and support from HQ

Varied and challenging work assignments

Qualifications

• Strong background in commercial transactions, IP licensing, and privacy law.
• Ability to balance legal, cultural, and business demands.
• Skills in drafting policies and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Help with dataset clearance and reviews.
• Advise on legal/risk considerations around dataset usage.
• Interpret regulations affecting data use, e.g., GDPR.

Skills

Commercial transactions

IP licensing

Privacy law

Risk considerations

Job description

We are currently working with a global technology organisation, to bring a new lawyer with datasets experience into the team. This will be initially on a 6 month basis but with possibility to be extended.

The ideal applicant will have a strong background in commercial transactions, IP licensing and privacy law. Being able to balance legal, cultural and business demands and produce practical, solution‑focused advice is essential.

The role will see you, but is not limited to :

• Helping with dataset clearance / reviews.
• Identifying and advise on legal / risk considerations around dataset usage (e.g. IP, licensing, privacy, policy and governance considerations), used for development of AI technologies.
• Advising on interpretation of regulations that may have implications on the use of that data (e.g. GDPR, DMA).
• Advising on scope of data licence agreements.
• Drafting policies and governance processes for the ingestion and use of data.

Our assignments are predominantly full time, working on a hybrid model within the London area and surrounding suburbs.

If this sounds like you and you’re looking for your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join LOD?

People come to us for a whole range of reasons – they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control than traditional models can’t offer, but LOD can.

All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or part of major in‑house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our client’s teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high‑quality assignments.

We can offer :

• Varied, challenging, career‑enhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
• Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full‑time onsite with a client to a few hours each week from home.
• Training and know‑how, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.
• A variety of flexible models that include working at the client’s offices or remotely.

About LOD

LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.

We’ve achieved some of the fastest growth in our sector by creating and leading a new professional service category. That growth continues as we launch new services, responding to the way our lawyers want to work and clients want to engage them. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this story.

LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for ‘new law’ services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. We have an inspiring client list that ranges from globally recognised multinationals to start‑ups and includes the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.