IT/Commercial Lawyer

Our Client, well-established in the UK as a leading international law firm and regularly involved in some of the country's most high-profile legal matters, are currently looking to recruit a mid-level Associate (approximately 3 – 5 years pqe) to work in our IT/Commercial department.  

You will be working as part of the IT/Com team, and will have the following focus:

• work on a wide range of technology and commercial contracting and advisory issues 
• have a particular focus on transactional technology and outsourcing work (and should have good transactional experience working on either the customer or supplier side);  

You will

• also assist with business development activities and should be a "self-starter".
• need to have  strong interpersonal skills and
• have a strong academic background 

Key Skills and Skills Required

• Graduate - degree educated or comparable (minimum 2:1)
• Qualified Solicitor with experience of working on contracting and advisory issues in IT, outsourcing and data protection with, ideally, experience in contentious / pre-contentious matters
• Excellent technical abilities and development potential
• Proactive and flexible, with an emphasis on reliability, responsiveness and delivery
• First class communicator - strong both verbally and orally - and able to develop relationships with key internal stakeholders and clients with ease.
• Strong team player with a "client first" mentality.
• A strong interest in business development and willingness to explore client secondment opportunities as part of the same.
• Respects and enjoys the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds found in the Firm

You are likely to be offered secondment opportunities with our clients, many of whom are leading technology industry players or major users of IT services.