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Counsel - IT and Privacy

Employer
Hays.
Location
United Kingdom, Farnborough
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
19 Aug 2020

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Sector
Consultancy
Job Role
Business Development
Job Type
Permanent

Your new company

My client is a leading Aerospace and Defence Multi International Company.

Your new role

  • Ensuring an effective and compliant response across the Group to its IT, information and cyber security related regulatory and contractual obligations, and any changes to those obligations or the wider threat environment
  • Providing legal advice on data protection matters and ensuring ongoing compliance with data protection requirements across the organisation
  • Ensuring legal risks associated with the storage and hosting of the information, intellectual property and data that the Company is responsible for are appropriately mitigated
  • Negotiating and drafting relevant contractual terms in a manner that documents an acceptable allocation of risk for the Company and, where applicable, supporting individuals in our commercial and procurement functions in negotiating and documenting those contractual terms
  • Promoting understanding and awareness of IT and data protection related legal risks across the Company's businesses and functions
  • Delivering training for Data Protection Leads within business units and functions, and providing support and guidance to Data Protection Leads on complex matters
  • Monitoring changes to relevant legislation and Government contracting strategy, and where appropriate, engaging proactively on such changes where they present risk or opportunity for the businesses

What you'll need to succeed

Minimum 3 years PQE
Qualified Solicitor or Barrister in England and Wales
Solid IT Contracting and Outsourcing experiences
Strong GDPR experiences and Data Protection Law Knowledge
Experience of negotiating and drafting procurement and IT contracts including outsourcing, Cloud based SaaS, IaaS, PaaS offerings as both supplier and customer.

What you'll get in return

Good salary package and company benefits, great company culture

What you need to do now

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