We are seeking approval to recruit a Mid-level Associate to join the Tech Transactions team within our Commercial department. This hire will have a focus on Defence and will ideally have two to five years of Post Qualification Experience.
The post holder would assist on a range of technology specific agreements, from licensing, cloud, SaaS and IoT agreements to more project focused documents supporting outsourcings, (public and private) procurements and technology implementation projects, demonstrating a real interest in the (legal) issues inherent in technology contracting and, with increasing seniority, bringing proven insight and experience in one or more key areas such as connectivity, IT and/or non-personal data.
Key Responsibilities
- D emonstrat e involvement and understanding of the contracts, risks and relationships in one or more of the following key areas for the Tech Transactions group, namely:
- Connectivity (eg IoT, cloud, hosting, telecoms)
- IT (eg SaaS, software development & licensing, VARs)
- Non-personal data (eg licensing, development and exploitation).
- Assist the adoption and implementation of technologies in different contexts, such as in the financial services industry, retail, aviation & defence, media or energy sector for example.
What You'll Bring
- Two to five years of Post Qualification Experience
- The ability to liaise effectively with other fee earners from within the group, but also to liaise and coordinate with fee earners from other relevant disciplines and jurisdictions as required.
- A commitment to regularly update their own technical expertise and to achieve continuous improvement and development.
- K een ness to work in a challenging, team-based environment.
- A real interest in the (legal) issues inherent in technology contracting and, with increasing seniority, bringing proven insight and experience in one or more key areas such as connectivity, IT and/or non-personal data.
What's In It For You
- Our agile approach to office and remote working enables you to find the right balance to deliver at your best. Supporting you, our business and our clients in a flexible way.
- Progress your career and personal development with our award-winning development programmes, from our global mentoring scheme to our bespoke coaching opportunities.
- Equip yourself with a board range of technical and business skills as well as a deep understanding of business issues through our skills-based curriculum.
- Competitive, market-led salary and bonus structure
- Family friendly policies as well as health schemes and wellbeing support
- A flexible benefits package which allows you to tailor your benefits to your current needs and lifestyle.
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, Bird & Bird operates two discretionary bonus schemes.
We offer a performance related bonus that reflects the contributions you make to the firm. We know an inclusive culture, alongside a diverse workforce, makes us more innovative and agile, so whilst some of the criteria for being awarded a bonus is based on chargeable hours, we also include an allowance for hours spent contributing to Diversity & Inclusion, ESG, and Pro Bono work.
We see 'winning work' as significantly different to the day-to-day business development activities you carry out as part of your role as an Associate, so in addition to the Performance Bonus, Bird & Bird are keen to reward Associates for winning work. Winning Work Bonuses are paid in addition to the Performance Bonus and are intended to be a thank you for your contribution to introducing a client or generating additional work from an existing client.?
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