Associate

PQE: 2-5 Term: Permanent Working hours: Full-time Department: Digital, Commerce and Creative Location: London The firm Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people, their brand and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities. With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, we are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for our unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch. We have two things at our core: people - both ours and our clients'- and a focus on creative, tech and innovative businesses. Our culture is encapsulated by an ethos of bravery and kindness, guided by our values of Integrity, Clarity, Unity and Excellence (our 'I-CUE'). We aim to provide a supportive environment for our people, clients and wider community and embrace diversity & inclusion, ensuring people are able to bring their full selves to work. The department The Creators, Makers and Innovators team ('CMI') is made up of leading advisers for creative, innovative and brand-focused businesses, offering a deep understanding of the industry sectors in which clients operate combined with real expertise across a wide range of legal services. From start-ups to multinationals, the firm's comprehensive and commercially focused advice helps clients succeed in an increasingly complex and converged international marketplace. The Team - DCC You will form part of the market leading and rapidly growing Digital, Creative and Commerce team. The team covers a diverse and exciting range of work including: technology, e-commerce, consumer, sponsorship, talent agreements, data privacy, IP, franchising, distribution, agency, advertising, media and entertainment, media buying, sports, video games and gambling law. The primary focus of your work will be technology and commercial work. Whilst you will cover a very broad range of work (including consumer, platform and other 'routes to market' work), the ideal candidate would be someone who really enjoys technology-related work. We would expect you to take the IAPP CIPP/E data exam (like most of our associates) as we believe that this is core to being a superb technology and commercial lawyer (but we won't expect you to do audits or more specialist data work (unless you wish to . We will provide a superb platform you to help develop your knowledge, career and clients. The team is a fantastic, energetic and sociable group with an extremely impressive and varied client base, predominantly in the retail, technology, advertising and marketing, media, professional services, entertainment and sport sectors. Responsibilities You should be c.2-5 years' PQE with strong technical legal skills, excellent drafting skills and strong experience of the legal subjects described. You should expect to work hard yet have fun! You should have solid experience from working in a medium or large private practice law firm or a niche commercial/technology/data practice. You should have excellent analytical and communication skills and good attention to detail. You should be ambitious, proactive, commercial, responsive and keen to deliver excellent client service. We expect our Associates to contribute positively and proactively to business development, including for their own career development. The team markets extensively in its core sectors and you will be expected to play a significant role in thought leadership and client training as well as helping to develop and win work in core growth areas. You should be confident networking and be working towards developing your own pool of contacts. You will also be expected to participate in and contribute to each of our frequent and highly regarded DCC and Data know how sessions. EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Excellent academics Qualified lawyer with a current UK practising certificate Desire to learn Tech savvy and sense of fun! Additional information At Lewis Silkin our ethos is simple. We strive to do the best for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We recognise that an inclusive workplace allows for all kinds of ideas and thoughts, a variety of points of view that can trigger discussions or deliver innovative results, and a wide range of versatile skills and expertise. We are proud of the diversity within Lewis Silkin and of our culture that allows people to be themselves at work, ensuring we provide the best possible service to our clients. We are committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns and office location.