Privacy Counsel (Full Time, Remote Position)

VeraSafe; Oslo fylke; Remote; NOK 1,106,000 - 1,751,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Professional development

Travel opportunities

Job summary

VeraSafe, a U.S.-based privacy and cybersecurity compliance firm, seeks an attorney with 4–6 years of experience to join its data protection practice. This fully remote opportunity supports clients in healthcare, life sciences, and pharma, and includes a robust onboarding and training process.

The role emphasizes privacy law expertise, proactive development of a privacy practice, and collaboration with a global team.

Qualifications

• License to practice law active and in good standing.
• At least four years of work experience as an attorney.
• Interest in privacy and technology.
• Team player, contributing to a growing enterprise.
• Strong writing/editing skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work remotely.
• Willingness to learn new skills and receive direction from partners.
• Willingness to pursue privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM)

Responsibilities

• Assess client information systems for compliance with data protection laws and regulations.
• Draft data protection agreements, addenda, and amendments.
• Advise clients on privacy-related product improvements.
• Research legal issues and compose legal opinions/memoranda.
• Write privacy law related articles and blog posts.
• Assist in the development of in-house legal templates.
• Contribute to the development of internal procedures and methodologies.
• Collaborate with a team of intellectual peers.

Skills

Strong writing/editing skills

Remote work capability

Team player

Willingness to learn

Interest in privacy and technology

Education

License to practice law (active in jurisdiction)

Privacy certifications (CIPP/E, CIPM)

Job description

VeraSafe is an innovative and successful U.S. headquartered privacy and cybersecurity compliance consulting firm and law firm. Due to rapid growth and increased demand for our international privacy and technology compliance and legal services, VeraSafe is seeking creative, motivated, and collaborative attorneys with healthcare and life science experience to join our data protection and privacy practice. This is a fully remote position and will remain a fully remote position.

Watch / listen to learn more about VeraSafe: Check out our podcast!

Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/4b28hwE

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrivacyInPractice/videos

VeraSafe frequently hires for attorney and consultant positions on a rolling basis. We are growing rapidly and seek to proactively build a strong talent pool to meet sustained, increasing client demand.

We encourage you to apply directly through LinkedIn, where every application is reviewed by a member of our team. To ensure we can devote our time to carefully reviewing each application, we are unable to respond to emails regarding this opening.

About the Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney with 4-6 years of experience who wants to join a team working on the cutting edge of privacy and data protection, and who wants to further develop a practice in an in-demand, high-tech area of law.

While this role requires professional experience in privacy law, we are prepared to welcome you to our team with a robust and established onboarding and training process. We typically advance people more quickly than your typical law firm, and we do it on an individual basis (no lockstep promotions or compensation). This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to join a team working on the cutting edge of privacy and data protection, and who wants to further develop a practice in an in-demand area of law at the intersection of privacy and life science. We are inundated with business from clients in the healthcare, life science, and pharmaceutical spaces who love the way we advise on privacy compliance (hence the need for you!).

Note

There is a 1-3 hour skills assessment associated with the recruitment for this position. We know this is a burden, but we think it’s worth it, and we appreciate you taking the time to complete it. We’ve found it enables us to find the best attorneys, regardless of their experience, where they went to law school, or where they were trained. We want smart, kind, creative lawyers, plain and simple, and this assessment is a crucial part of our ability to hire this way.

We are not your typical legal job. We use project managers to keep our remote team organized and our projects streamlined and on-track. We encourage our team members to travel and to make use of our ability to work as digital nomads, whether that means spending a few months abroad or on extended trips to be near family. We collaborate closely (you won’t feel like you’re working in isolation) and we actively encourage sharing of credit for work well done, resources, and advice (and penalize the reverse). We are not biglaw. We do top-notch work for interesting clients, yet we pride ourselves on our team members being happy, with time and energy for a life outside of work, which we believe makes us better attorneys who don’t burn out.

The bottom line: If you want to learn or go deeper practicing privacy law, if you want to practice in a problem-solving environment focused on giving excellent and yet actionable advice, if you want to work with a global team of friendly, brilliant people, if you want the flexibility to work in a way that makes sense to you, please apply!

Responsibilities Include:

• Assessing client information systems for compliance with data protection laws and regulations
• Drafting data protection agreements, addenda, and amendments
• Advising clients on privacy-related product improvements
• Researching legal issues and composing legal opinions/memoranda
• Writing privacy law related articles and blog posts
• Assisting in the development of in-house legal templates
• Contributing to the development of internal procedures and methodologies
• Collaborating with a team of intellectual peers who value cooperation and community

What We Need From You

Need to Have:

• License to practice law (active and in good standing) in your jurisdiction
• At least four years of work experience as an attorney
• An interest in privacy and technology
• Team player, interested in contributing to a growing enterprise
• Strong writing/editing skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work remotely
• Willingness to learn new skills and receive direction and feedback from partners
• Willingness to pursue privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPM)

Nice to Have:

• Experience working in a law firm
• Previous contract drafting and negotiation experience strongly preferred
• Experience/training in privacy law
• Privacy certifications of some kind (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPP/US, specialty from law school, etc.)
• Professional involvement in the privacy and/or data security space (attendance at privacy conferences; membership or publication in the IAPP, etc.)
• Detail-oriented and highly organized with a strong work ethic
• Tech-savvy and comfortable using a variety of software applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage your own schedule in order to work successfully with international teams and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and fully deliver on all commitments
• Work from almost anywhere with Wi-Fi
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Membership in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and IAPP exam fee reimbursement (CIPP/E)
• Flexible working schedule in some roles
• Reimbursement for certain personal flight ticket
• Company laptop provided

Other Benefits:

• Tremendous professional development growth opportunities in the privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity niche
• The chance to have a long-lasting effect on a small but growing international business
• Work in an open environment with a team that respects your ideas and contributions
• Occasional opportunities to travel in North America and Europe

Our HR Privacy Notice is available at the following link: https://verasafe.com/legal/human-resources-privacy-policy/