Commercial Tech Solicitor/Cilex

COMMERCIAL TECH SOLICITOR/CILEX
PQE: 3+YRS PQE
JOB TYPE: HYBRID/READING
REF. NO: L4L1049

Role Description

Our clients are currently looking for an experienced Commercial Lawyer/Solicitor to join their fast paced but friendly Commercial & Technology team based in Reading.
Their clients include global and international companies with regional headquarters based in the UK or mainland Europe; mid-market UK companies and fast-growing and entrepreneurial businesses. In particular, they provide legal services to the UK/EMEA operating entities of US-owned companies. For many clients they act as external, and often sole, legal counsel providing day-to-day advice on commercial contractual matters and data protection.
Also as part of the role our clients are currently operating on a hybrid working pattern, however for the right person they may also consider remote working.

Experience/ Attributes required:
• Excellent training and knowledge of a broad range of commercial issues, including contract law, data protection, intellectual property and competition law;
• Good drafting experience;
• Experience advising on contractual risk and negotiating contracts with the aim of achieving commercial solutions for clients;
• An interest and experience in digital media, data and technology will be an advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to provide clear & concise advice in plain English and to articulate complex legal concepts in a comprehensible manner for lay business people
• Excellent skills in legal analysis with the aptitude to apply them to commercial reality and to deliver pragmatic advice;
• Keenness to take an active role in business development and to build your own client portfolio and help to build the team.
• A desire to understand clients’ businesses and goals and to build long term client relationships;
• Commercial awareness, initiative and a solution-orientated approach, with adaptability to meet challenges of constantly shifting client priorities to fulfil their objectives;
• Ability to work as part of a team alongside other lawyers, even in a remote environment.

Work type:
• Commercial contracts, frequently with an international aspect
• Technology contracts (including SaaS agreements, website and app development and hosting agreements)
• Digital media and Ecommerce
• Marketing, advertising and sponsorship
• Data Protection
• Data licensing and commercialisation
• Intellectual property management, commercialisation, protection and enforcement
• Advising on strategic business projects e.g. operations structuring, investment planning, international expansion

Benefits:
Contractual Benefits (pro rata)
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution and the employee contributes 4%
• Life Assurance - 5 x final salary
• Season ticket travel loan

Other Non-Contractual Benefits (pro rata):
• An additional days’ holiday for your birthday
• A weekly wellbeing hour
• 8 hours per annum for charity work
• Cash back medical plan
• Discounted retail benefits
• Bring your dog to work

Team structure:
• 1 X Partner
• 2 x Associate
• 2 x Paralegal
• 1 x Senior Associate
• 1 x Trainee

Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £Competitive/DoE

*Should you be looking for a dynamic firm where you can transfer your skills and make a difference, then look no further.

Skills Required:
Solicitor/Cilex - 3+ Yrs Pqe. Commercial Technology experience, broad range of Commercial issues, Contract Law, Data Protection, Intellectual Property and Competition Law.