Data Privacy Associate
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Job Description
This role is listed for a qualified lawyer
Job purpose
We’re looking for a commercially minded, UK-qualified Data Privacy Lawyer to join our growing Commercial team and act as a trusted advisor to high-growth, tech-enabled businesses.
This role sits at the intersection of privacy law, technology, and real-world decision-making. You’ll advise founders, in-house teams, and scale-ups on data protection in a way that is practical, proportionate, and aligned to how businesses actually operate.
You won’t be hidden behind research notes or internal memos. Our clients see you as their lawyer, embedded, accountable, and commercially switched on. You’ll help them navigate GDPR, AI-related privacy risk, and global data issues while scaling quickly across jurisdictions.
No compliance for compliance’s sake.
No theory without application.
Just clear advice that helps businesses move forward safely.
Data Protection & Privacy Advisory
- Advise on UK and EU GDPR compliance, risk, and strategy
- Privacy notices
- Data Processing Agreements (DPAs)
- International data transfer mechanisms
- Internal data protection policies and frameworks
- DPIAs and risk assessments
- Support clients with DSARs, breach response, and regulator-facing issues
- Provide pragmatic advice on privacy by design and operational compliance
- Support clients operating across Europe, the Middle East, and other common law jurisdictions
Commercial & Technology Work
- Advise on a broad range of commercial and technology agreements
- Support on contracts with embedded data protection, IP, and consumer law considerations
- Work closely with clients’ product, tech, and leadership teams to unblock issues quickly
- Apply data protection principles to AI products, automation, and emerging technologies
Client Ownership & Collaboration
- Sit as embedded in-house counsel for multiple fast-growth businesses
- Build long-term, trusted relationships with founders and in-house teams
What we're looking for?
These are our non-negotiables
- UK-qualified lawyer (or equivalent qualification in a common law jurisdiction)
- 4+ years PQE
- Trained in private practice and worked inhouse for a fast scaling company
- Strong, hands-on data protection and privacy experience
- Deep knowledge of UK and EU GDPR
- Experience advising on privacy notices, DPAs, international transfers, DPIAs, DSARs, and internal policies
- Commercially minded, you understand how legal advice lands in fast-moving businesses
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- Comfortable advising clients outside your jurisdiction of qualification but inside common law jurisdictions
Preferred
- In-house experience within a privacy or legal function
- Exposure to AI technology and its regulation or governance
- Experience working with tech-enabled or high-growth companies
Who are we?
We're super proud to have recently been named one of the ''Best Places to Work in Professional Services and Consultancy'' in 2025 as well as listed in the ‘’Top 100 Places To Work For People Development’’ and ''Best Places To Work For Women'' in 2025.
We are absolutely not your traditional law firm; we're a fusion of the traditional private practice and in-house legal roles, combining top-top law firm expertise with a business-savvy in-house look.
Our clients view us as 'their lawyer' and trust us to form part of their teams. Each lawyer sits as in-house legal counsel for a range of clients, offering you a superb and diverse experience working with businesses at the cutting edge of different industries.
Our client base spans the full breadth of the UK, European, Middle Eastern, and US tech scene, from Fintechs to Edtechs, AI to Fashion, FMCG to EV, and VCs, accelerators, and incubators.
What you want to know
We're working to continue to build an environment of talented individuals with lots of energy to thrive.
We have a beautiful, shiny office with a terrace overlooking Temple Park, Big Ben*, & The Shard. In the office, the team currently offers a free haircut once a month, weekly yoga sessions, free bike servicing once a quarter, and various other events.
However, we’re hybrid, so you can work from the office, home or Narnia; it's your choice. We just need you to be on the UK tax system. We’ll set you up on a MacBook Pro or Surface Business 5 with a home office allowance, so you have everything you need.
Not only do we have a team of ever-growing entrepreneurial lawyers, but we have some pretty good perks too;
- Competitive salary (We know everyone says this, but we do want the best candidates, so apply, let us know your rate and let's chat)
- Discretionary quarterly profit share bonus and annual bonus opportunities
- 25 days annual leave, don't worry, bank holidays are on top
- Day off on your birthday & other significant life events
- 5 days leave for education a year + dedicated annual education budget just for you
+ lots more.
*In Autumn/Winter when the leaves fall off the trees