Solicitor - Commercial & Data Protection

Bydand Recruitment Services Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Bydand Recruitment Services Limited partners with NHS, healthcare providers and life sciences firms to recruit top-tier privacy and commercial counsel. An Associate / Senior Associate will advise on data protection and information governance within a national healthcare practice, alongside broader technology contracting.

You'll draft data sharing agreements, advise on international transfers, privacy policies, breach response and commercial arrangements.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor with experience in data protection, information law and/or relevant commercial work.
• Experience can have been gained within or outside the healthcare sector
• Strong understanding of data protection and information governance issues, or commercial/technology contracting with an interest in developing further expertise in data

Responsibilities

• Advising NHS, healthcare, public sector and commercial clients on data protection and information law
• Drafting and negotiating data sharing and processing agreements and advising on international data transfers
• Advising on data breaches, privacy policies, subject access requests and the use of data in health-tech and research
• Drafting broader commercial arrangements, including technology contracts, framework agreements, call-off terms and licensing arrangements

Skills

Data protection

Information governance

Commercial contracts

Job description

Associate / Senior Associate - Commercial & Data Protection

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced solicitor to join a leading national Health Commercial & Regulatory practice.

Location: National

Salary: Dependent on experience

Level: Associate / Senior Associate

Previous Experience: Data Protection, Information Law and/or Commercial Contracts

The role has a particular focus on data protection and information law, alongside broader commercial and technology matters. You will advise major NHS, healthcare, life sciences and health-tech organisations on increasingly complex issues surrounding the collection, sharing and use of data.

The work will include data processing and sharing agreements, international data transfers, data breaches, privacy policies, subject access requests and novel uses of data, including matters involving health-tech and clinical research.

Alongside the healthcare practice, you will also provide specialist data protection support to clients operating in other sectors, allowing you to maintain and develop a broader privacy and information law practice.

What You'll Be Doing

• Advising NHS, healthcare, public sector and commercial clients on data protection and information law
• Drafting and negotiating data sharing and processing agreements and advising on international data transfers
• Advising on data breaches, privacy policies, subject access requests and the use of data in health-tech and research
• Drafting broader commercial arrangements, including technology contracts, framework agreements, call-off terms and licensing arrangements

About you

• Qualified Solicitor with experience in data protection, information law and/or relevant commercial work
• Experience can have been gained within or outside the healthcare sector
• Strong understanding of data protection and information governance issues, or commercial/technology contracting with an interest in developing further expertise in data

The Opportunity to Develop

You’ll be joining a nationally recognised, Tier 1 healthcare practice advising some of the most significant organisations operating across the NHS, independent healthcare, life sciences and health-tech sectors.

There is significant scope to develop specialist expertise at the intersection of data protection, technology, healthcare and commercial law, with plenty of client responsibility and exposure.