Cyber and Technology Disputes Associate -

The role

Pinsent Masons is seeking a Cyber and Technology Disputes Associate with 1-4 years of PQE to join their market-leading practice in London, Manchester, or Edinburgh. This role focuses on advising clients on cyber matters, contractual technology disputes, and data privacy litigation.

What you'll do

• Develop and deliver pre-breach services to clients including cyber simulations, incident response planning programmes, cyber training and other cyber advisory work
• Manage end to end cyber security incidents including fielding calls to our 24/7/365 breach response line, initiating and leading CMT calls, appointing IT forensics firms, engaging PR consultants, advising on notification obligations, notifying and liaising with criminal authorities, project managing the incident response, appointing foreign counsel and coordinating multi-jurisdictional incidents, engaging credit monitoring and notification service providers, applying for injunctions, and submitting takedown requests
• Manage regulatory investigations including notifying regulators, dealing with regulatory enforcement action, and appealing enforcement decisions
• Deal with litigation connected to cyber and data/privacy matters including pursuing and defending claims and recoveries involving suppliers, dealing with B2B and B2C claims, defending claims initiated following incidents, and managing other disputes arising out of security/cyber and data/privacy matters
• Deal with technically complex IT issues, including IT implementation, software licensing, outsourcing agreements
• Support clients in pre-litigation matters, distressed re-negotiation, ADR, and litigation/arbitration
• Assist with business development activities, internally within the firm and externally in the market, in order to win new clients and to win cyber work from existing clients
• Identify and develop relationships with clients and cyber insurers
• Attend and speak at conferences
• Write articles
• Cement existing relationships

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