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Deloitte Legal UK brings together over 350 top lawyers, consultants and technology experts. We understand the implications of digitisation, big data, AI, machine learning and technology platform-based business models in today’s world. We are part of a global partnership of more than 2,000 Deloitte Legal professionals who collaborate seamlessly across more than 80 countries worldwide supporting our client’s global requirements.

Unlike traditional law firms, we work hand-in-hand with the multidisciplinary expertise of the rest of Deloitte to provide holistic legal, tax, risk, financial advisory, consulting as well as data privacy and cybersecurity expertise to an unmatched list of clients, from listed multinational companies to entrepreneurs and family offices.

If you are a talented, entrepreneurial and ambitious lawyer, who sees things a bit differently and wants to provide business solutions in addition to legal advice, Deloitte Legal could be for you. We have built a market-leading legal services business with technology at its core – and you can help us shape it.

Deloitte Legal UK is ranked in both Chambers and Legal 500 in several areas including data protection and information and IT/TMT law. Our legal professionals work with clients in sectors as diverse as software and services, online, content, equipment and telecommunications, building extensive knowledge and insight into the legal and commercial challenges they face.

The Data Protection, Privacy & Cyber sub-group is a high-performing, diverse and collaborative team, with a regulatory and compliance focus. We support clients at various stages in their compliance journeys, from building ground-up data protection compliance programmes, to providing strategic advice in transformational projects, to setting up and scaling cyber breach response services, and everything in between. The work we do is as varied and dynamic as the technologies that are emerging and the business challenges that our clients face.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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We are looking to recruit an Associate Director to help us expand our Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity team.

You will be responsible for supporting the legal needs of corporate organisations, of all sizes and profiles and across a range of sectors, , in respect of their privacy, and data protection and cyber requirements.

You will also be responsible for project managing the day-to-day delivery of our legal services, the pursuit of new business development opportunities and the mentoring and training of junior associates.

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We welcome candidates from private practice, in-house or public sector backgrounds who are ready for a change and open to doing things a little differently. Candidates will need to have a real interest in developing their privacy, data protection and cybersecurity expertise and applying it across a range of sectors and services offerings.

The successful candidate will be common law qualified and will have displayed experience across a range of topics across data protection including but not limited to:

• Providing business-focused legal advice and business solutions to clients on UK data protection law (GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, etc.).
• Drafting a variety of privacy and data protection documents including privacy notices, data transfer agreements / SCCs, DPAs / data sharing agreements, marketing and other consents etc including working directly with clients to effectively obtain relevant information and negotiating with counterparties.
• Supporting clients in privacy-related risk assessments and compliance processes, such as data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), transfer impact assessments (TIAs) and lawful basis assessments.
• Assisting clients manage and respond to Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), and understanding the process and related strategic issues.
• Creating and maintaining records of processing activities (ROPAs) and implementing a variety of data mapping tools.
• Advising clients on data breach readiness and time-critical data breach response management.
• Privacy audit management and third-party supplier due diligence in a data privacy context.
• Efficiently managing the successful delivery of privacy and data protection services, including multijurisdictional projects, involving coordinating legal advice and delivering top quality work product to clients.
• Exposure to Legal Tech software and in particular Privacy Tech solutions including those from OneTrust, TrustArc, BigID, etc.
• Experience of effective collaboration with legal professionals in different practice areas, such as Employment, Corporate and Disputes.
• Experience of, or an understanding of the synergies and beneficial client outcomes to be gained from, working with non-legal experts such as technologists, forensic specialists and other consultants.

In addition, we expect our Associate Directors to demonstrate:

• Strong technical legal skills (drafting, analysis and negotiation) in the key areas of UK and global data protection law and the ability to provide clear, precise and pragmatic advice.
• Strong commercial acumen and solutions focus.
• A genuine interest in privacy, data and cyber issues.
• An enthusiastic and responsive approach to client requirements, comfortable with client contact and previous responsibility for client matters.
• Excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style with the ability to liaise effectively with other fee earners from within the group, but also to liaise and coordinate with fee earners from other departments and jurisdictions as required.
• The ability to collaborate with and gain buy-in from stakeholders in other business units.
• The ability and experience to apply organisational and interpersonal skills to effectively project manage the delivery of complex matters involving competing deadlines and priorities.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, team-based environment with an innovative approach to legal services delivery.
• An active interest and ability to proactively support business development activity, creating and maintaining strong client relationships and identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.
• A commitment to stay on top of the frequent changes in our practice areas to achieve continuous improvement and development; and
• Ability to take responsibility for related group functions (e.g. client onboarding, training, precedents, or technical capabilities).

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By connecting legal expertise and technological innovation, we’re creating a new future for law. At Deloitte Legal, you’ll work collaboratively to transform business outcomes, as you grow your own career. Join us and experience the future of law, today.

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Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints. This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm. The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process.

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“At Deloitte I am encouraged to work from home whenever it’s convenient. My hours are flexible – if I want to start earlier or later I can, provided I work my weekly hours overall. There are loads of non-work-related initiatives going on that you can become involved in.”- Becky, Deloitte Legal

“Our ability to seamlessly integrate legal services into broader solutions offered by Deloitte is a differentiator as compared to traditional law firms. Deloitte also has some impressive proprietary technology which we can use to streamline/improve the delivery of legal services. We are ahead of the competition in this regard, including the other Big Four.”

• Benjamin, Deloitte Legal

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Location: London

Your home office will be at our New Street Square office in London and working three days per week in the office is a requirement for this position

Your Work, Your Way: We call our hybrid working vision Deloitte Works. And it does. We trust you to make the right choices around where, when and how you work. You’ll be able to make decisions about how you work best, to be collaborative, learn from colleagues, share your experiences, build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Having great conversations with your team and your leadership paves the way for great collaborative ways of working.

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Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

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A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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