Senior Data Protection Solicitor

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Harper James

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

💼 Consulting

🏗️ Construction

⚖️ Legal

Consulting • Construction • Legal

Harper James is a national commercial law firm designed to provide expert legal advice to ambitious and entrepreneurial businesses in the UK. The firm offers a wide range of legal services, including banking and finance law, business disputes, immigration law, commercial law, corporate law, data protection, employment law, intellectual property, and IT law. Harper James differentiates itself by offering flexible and affordable legal solutions, catering specifically to start-ups, medium, and large businesses. Their innovative subscription service model offers businesses access to high-quality legal advice at a controlled cost, making it easier for companies to manage their legal needs efficiently.

📋 Description

• Advise ambitious businesses on UK and European privacy law • Advise on UK data protection compliance, governance and risk • Support data subject rights requests, DPIAs and other compliance processes • Advise on international data transfers, ePrivacy, cookies and direct marketing • Draft and negotiate data processing and data-sharing agreements • Advise on AI and emerging technology issues • Support data breach response, incident management and engagement with regulators • Advise on EU GDPR and global privacy developments • Support clients handling special category or sensitive data across sectors • Provide data protection input on technology, commercial, corporate and employment matters • Lead matters and manage client relationships • Deliver pragmatic, commercially minded advice • Collaborate with commercial, technology, employment and corporate teams to provide joined-up advice • Contribute to the growth and continued success of Harper James

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years’ post-qualification experience (PQE) • Strong experience advising on UK and European data protection law • Experience advising on UK data protection compliance, governance and risk • Experience supporting data subject rights requests, DPIAs and compliance processes • Experience advising on international data transfers, ePrivacy, cookies and direct marketing • Experience drafting and negotiating data processing and data-sharing agreements • Experience advising on AI and emerging technology issues • Experience supporting data breach response, incident management and regulator engagement • Awareness of EU GDPR and global privacy developments • Ability to support clients handling special category or sensitive data • Strong drafting and negotiation skills • Ability to explain complex legal and technical issues clearly and practically • Ability to lead matters and manage client relationships • Ability to work collaboratively with commercial, technology, employment and corporate teams • Quick learner able to adapt to new systems and technologies • Willingness to use AI tools to improve efficiency and productivity • Solid working knowledge of Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook • Ability to use SharePoint to manage and collaborate on projects • Keen attention to detail when drafting documents • Solicitor qualification implied by the required Senior Solicitor role and post-qualification experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible remote working • Access to meeting space in Birmingham, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Oxford, Southampton, Cardiff and Sheffield • Legal technology supporting efficiency, productivity and work-life balance • Competitive salary • 33 days’ holiday, including public holidays • Option to buy up to five additional holiday days each year • Private healthcare • Death in service benefit • Electric car scheme • Flexible working as part of a fully remote but collaborative team