Senior Counsel / Counsel, Data & Privacy

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The Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) team at reputed company is a collaborative group of legal minds and risk management experts. We’re passionate about safeguarding reputed company’s operations, fostering a culture of compliance and ethical conduct, and ensuring we navigate the global financial landscape with reputed company. We provide expert guidance and support to reputed company areas of the business, proactively identifying, mitigating, and managing legal and financial risks.

reputed company is looking for a seasoned data and privacy legal lawyer to join our Data & Privacy team. You will report to our US-based Data & Privacy team reputed company and be responsible for reputed company data and privacy legal and regulatory matters (including AI-reputed company) in EMEA. You will support a reputed company set of fintech products and an increasing reputed company of AI tools that will challenge your problem solving and critical thinking skills. In addition, you will support reputed company’s growing Sales team on data and privacy issues, and help us build for scale. With GDPR setting the global reputed company for data and privacy, your expertise and guidance will be crucial to our global operation and help drive our global data and privacy strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Information reputed company teams to implement data and AI regulations for EMEA

• reputed company and execute a comprehensive compliance programs for the applicable regimes

• Work closely with the Product Legal, Regulatory Legal and Regulatory Compliance teams on privacy-by-design, privacy impact assessments, and contractual support

• reputed company or support privacy counseling and contractual assistance

• Coordinate international data flows for the broader reputed company business

• Support strategic data initiatives, including data localisation, data storage, and global access controls

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

• UK or EU legal qualification (or foreign equivalent)

• 6-10 years of experience in an in-house legal department and/or in private practice advising on data and privacy issues reputed company to technical platforms and products

• Extensive experience with GDPR, with a solid understanding of other relevant regimes in EMEA

• Experience collaborating with technical teams (Product, Engineering, InfoSec) on developing technical implementations of data and privacy regulations

• Familiarity with emerging AI regulations

• Experience providing data and privacy advice and support during responses to reputed company incidents

• The ability to explain reputed company legal concepts to various (often non-legal) audiences, and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deals

• A collaborative and empathetic reputed company, a good sense of humor, and a keen understanding of how to work effectively with colleagues from different teams and backgrounds.

• Experience advising on data and privacy issues reputed company to financial services

• Familiarity with major data and privacy regimes in the Americas (particularly the US) and in reputed company (particularly mainland China)

• Experience at a rapidly scaling fintech or other tech company

• Experience in a globally distributed company

reputed company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at reputed company is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard reputed company, religion, race, national reputed company, sexual orientation, reputed company, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status reputed company making our hiring reputed company. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

reputed company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters.  reputed company will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s).  Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to reputed company on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.