Senior Associate

• Get involved with marketing and business development. Why not?! You’ll love some of the articles our team have written.
• Deepen your expertise in commercial law (with emphasis on tech law), focusing on the Microsoft Partner market and service offerings.
• Learn about the Microsoft Partner world, get training from the experienced team on legal issues specific to the market. We didn’t all start out as technology lawyers, so we know how to navigate the learning process.
• Get stuck in! Run smaller/medium matters with minimal supervision, and support Partners on larger matters until you are able to manage these yourself. Draft (and review/mark-up) documents, lead on client calls and negotiations, assist Partners in managing client accounts and comms, delegate tasks to, and supervise, more junior associates where required, and much more.
• Develop your career. Law 365’s senior management will work with you to understand what you want to achieve from your legal career, and how best to achieve it. And, crucially, we offer you the scope to develop and progress as quickly as you want – we promote not on PQE, but on competence and merit – so rising stars are not held back.
• Be proactive and adept at engaging across functions and supporting other areas where necessary, and communicating with and managing relationships at senior level.
• Identify and analyse current and emerging legal issues and risk and effectively communicate these to the appropriate levels of the business; be involved in risk mitigation discussions.
• Work with the commercial team and the wider business to identify, develop and implement systems and processes to improve the efficiency of handling internal and external legal matters. For example we use Qwilr for our proposals/engagement letters to clients.
• Enjoy the Law 365 culture. We’ve worked hard to create a culture of professional excellence combined with a welcoming, fun, and diverse outlook. Our first-class team of lawyers work hard, but the Law 365 culture means we have fun at the same time. Additionally we are, after all, a certified ‘Great Place to Work’! We also get that life is tough and we have signed up to the Mindful Business Charter indicating what our four pillars are for mental health.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is an England & Wales qualified solicitor with approximately 2-5 years PQE (but are not wedded to this!);
• Has gained experience either in a private practice commercial team or in-house team in the field of IT/IP contracts with, ideally data protection experience;
• Has some experience of advising on contractual disputes and drafting letters to the other side setting out or responding to such dispute;
• Enjoys a fast-paced business environment;
• Has excellent organisational and communication skills; and a desire to keep learning and be an active participant in our internal training sessions;
• Likes working as part of a team and is happy to support team members and / or mentor team members/colleagues when appropriate;
• Is comfortable to take responsibility and ownership of issues commensurate with experience;
• Is proactive and happy to ask questions when unsure;
• Consistently provides clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Has the confidence to build strong and trusting relationships with colleagues and clients alike.