Data Protection Associate
- Recruiter
- Kennedys
- Location
- Greater Manchester
- Salary
- Competitive + benefits
- Posted
- 05 Jan 2021
- Closes
- 22 Jan 2021
- Job Title
- Associate
- Practice Area
- Data Protection, Insurance, Professional Indemnity
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Kennedys is looking for a Senior Data Protection Associate to work in the Cyber and Data Risk team, based in Manchester and London.
Offered on a full-time, permanent basis, this role will involve dealing with fast paced breach response work, crisis management and wider regulatory and data risk issues. The role will also involve advising on pre-breach data compliance, investigations brought by regulators and claims arising out of data breaches.
Ideally, the Data Protection Associate will have experience in dealing with the management of data breaches and/or the wider data risk landscape. However, we are willing to consider candidates with insurance litigation experience that are interested in the rapidly developing cyber market and looking for their next challenge.
The Team
Kennedys’ Cyber team is the fastest growing cyber team in the UK and acts for a wide variety of cyber insurers and major corporates. It handles some of the biggest global breaches and is regularly instructed on high profile incidents that attract media attention. It provides a 24/7/365 breach response service and advises on all aspects of data risk issues. It also works closely with Kennedys’ global cyber team, which now covers almost 25 jurisdictions.
Cyber is a real growth area for the firm, and the ideal incoming Associate will have some experience in this area, or at least an aptitude and willingness to learn in a fast-paced environment.
The Role
Clients of the Data Protection Associate will include:
- Cyber insurers and their insureds
- Large corporate entities
Cases worked on will include:
- A full range of cyber and data risk issues
- Breach response – often involving a global angle
- Defending regulatory proceedings and investigations arising out of the misuse of data
- Defence of claims following cyber incidents
- Non-contentious advice on data compliance and risk
Required Experience
Applications are invited from Senior Associates who demonstrate:
- 5+ years’ UK Qualified Solicitor or CILEX qualified with relevant data protection experience
- Litigation experience of working with insurers, ideally London market experience
- We are willing to consider candidates transferring from areas such as defendant professional indemnity or commercial, but the successful candidate must be able to adapt quickly and work in a flexible and fast-paced environment
- An interest and awareness in evolving technology, cyber risks and data protection issues
Benefits
On offer for our new Data Protection Associate will be:
- Matching pension scheme
- Fitness and wellness benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Corporate GP
- Life insurance and Income protection
- 35 hour working week
- Excellent resources via our online Learning Management System
About Kennedys
As soon as you join Kennedys, you’ll be given opportunity to build your own personal client relationships, and we encourage you to do so. We value the relationships we build with our clients and we know that they appreciate our warm, friendly, human approach. We place emphasis on offering a transparent career path. Our partner and senior associate promotion process and criteria are clearly communicated throughout the firm. We are proud that many of our partners, including our Senior Partner, began their life in law as trainees with us.
Apply Now
If you would like to discuss this Senior Data Protection Associate role in greater detail, please apply now.