Legal Counsel (IP & Technology)

Sizewell C; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear power project in the UK is seeking a Legal Counsel - IP & Technology to provide specialist legal advice and manage risks across technology, data protection, and intellectual property domains. Candidates must be qualified solicitors with at least 3 years of experience and a strong background in technology contracts. This role supports a significant project aimed at meeting future energy needs while contributing to climate goals. Competitive salary and flexible benefits offered.

Benefits

Company incentive bonus plan

Health cover

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts and employee pricing

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales with a current practising certificate.
• 3+ years post-qualification experience working in-house or in a leading law firm.
• Strong track record in drafting and negotiating technology contracts.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist legal advice across technology, data protection, and IP.
• Work alongside procurement, engineering, and delivery teams.
• Manage risk and protect value for the project.

Skills

Qualified solicitor or barrister

3+ years post-qualification experience

Strong drafting and negotiation skills

Good understanding of data protection law

Experience managing IP protection strategy

Education

Qualified in England & Wales (or equivalent)

Job description

Role Overview

As Legal Counsel - IP & Technology you will join our Legal team and provide specialist legal advice and support across the domains of technology (IT), data protection, intellectual property (IP) and digital transformation. You will work alongside procurement, engineering, IT and delivery teams to enable the project's success while managing risk and protecting value.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England & Wales (or equivalent common-law jurisdiction) with a current practising certificate.
• 3+ years post-qualification experience (PQE) working in-house or in a leading law firm, with substantial exposure to technology and data contracts. Experience with IP would be beneficial.
• Strong track record in drafting and negotiating technology contracts, software licensing, digital infrastructure agreements.
• Experience advising on and managing IP protection strategy, licensing and enforcement.
• Good understanding of data protection law (UK GDPR), cyber-security and vendor/outsourcing legal risks.
• Excellent commercial awareness, strong drafting and negotiation skills, effective stakeholder engagement and ability to operate in a fast‑paced, high‑profile project environment.
• Experience in infrastructure/energy/mega‑project sectors desirable but not essential.

Are you looking for a career which is rewarding, at the cutting edge of project development and where you can really make a difference? Come and join our expanding Sizewell C team and work on one of the most exciting and largest megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy.

About Sizewell C

Following on from the success of the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C (HPC), the Sizewell C Project (SZC) in Suffolk is the UK's next nuclear power new build project. The project has obtained planning approval and has started construction works. It has recently achieved Financial Investment Decision (FID) meaning that all the funding for the full lifespan of the project is now secured and in place guaranteeing the full delivery of this new nuclear power station. When completed, it will provide dependable electricity to 6 million homes for 60 years, which along with renewables, will support Britain to achieve Net Zero by 2050. Our teams are set up to work flexibly, with a hybrid working approach between our offices and your home. We provide a full suite of IT equipment to ensure that our employees can work from home comfortably and effectively.

Sizewell C is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome. To fulfil our commitment of doing the power of good for Britain, our ambition is to have a workforce which reflects and benefits the society we are part of and serve. Every worker on SZC, wherever they are, should help to create and experience the right environment where everyone on the team understands, respects and embraces diversity with a culture where everyone is treated with equal respect and are all given equal access to opportunities. By valuing the different points of view and experiences that having a diverse team brings, and by fostering an inclusive climate, we will create a great place to work and a more successful project. We create the right environment where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work. Whilst working together there is mutual trust and appreciation created through the building of meaningful relationships with one another, aligned with our key values: Respect: Value the rules and environment in which we operate Positivity: Positively challenge poor quality and performance Humility: Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise Solidarity: One team, working closely together and helping each other.

Competitive Salary and Benefits

We're dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives and we're delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees' physical, emotional and financial wellbeing. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a market‑leading company pension scheme, paid holidays and a range of flexible benefits, such as:

• Company incentive bonus plan
• Health cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts and employee pricing

Please let us know if you'd like to discuss flexible working arrangements by highlighting this on your application.

About Sizewell C Limited

Sizewell C Limited (Sizewell C) is a nuclear site licensed company whose business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk. EDF remains a key shareholder in Sizewell C and the business therefore maintains close links to EDF as a part of its 'nuclear family'.