Role: Commercial Contracts IT/IP Solicitor - (Associate / Senior Associate)
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: Highly competitive
Are you seeking the opportunity to work for a progressive firm who are changing how legal services are delivered? Iconic Resourcing client is an innovative international law firm, who are known for their dynamic, and agile approach to assisting clients in their commercial activities. The firm has worked hard to embrace technology and leverage its potential to develop new and better ways of delivering legal services.
This role would suit a solicitor with a strong background in outsourcing, technology and general commercial contracts to join this highly talented and award-winning team who have a fantastic range of high profile clients. This role offers the chance to be involved in some of the most innovative and cutting-edge work within a highly supportive team and recognized specialists.
Your Role
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Advise on information technology and communications contracts, which will include outsourcing and procurement particularly in a wide variety of sectors
- Work with clients on large-scale technology and telecoms procurements and outsourcing contracts
- Provide support around Data Privacy and GDPR matters which will cover compliance audits, marketing and consent reviews to international data transfers
- Develop ongoing relationships with an existing client base as well as assisting with bids and pitch presentations
- Collaborating closely with other colleagues to ensure the commercial teams requirements are met in various transactions
Candidates:
- Technically competent with previous IT/IP and general commercial contracts experience
- Minimum of 3 years with an established private practice firm or in-house practice
- Scottish or English Fully Qualified Solicitor
- Experience of working as an integral part of the team to deliver key projects and manage negotiations
- An enthusiastic and positive team player
- Commercially astute and ability to manage client expectations effectively
- Interest in business development to assist with continuous growth and market awareness of the firm
- Solid academic background, excellent communication and organisational skills
Iconic Resourcing value candidate experience and understand considering a new role can be a daunting experience, we are therefore offering a first stage informal confidential chat where you can discover more about the role, please contact Andrew Inglis at Iconic Resourcing or for a confidential chat contact andrew.inglis@iconicresourcing.com or call 07713 750724
Not all candidates will meet every single desired qualification or skill. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.
At Iconic Resourcing we are engaged by many leading organisations across Scotland and our aim is to keep the recruitment process simple. Interviews are likely to be held via our video interviewing platform both with Iconic Resourcing and our client. Please visit our website to view all of our Iconic Jobs across Scotland.
Iconic Resourcing is an equal opportunities employer, and all applications will be treated as such. We act as both an employment business and an employment agency.