Mid-Sr Level Litigation Associate (Cyber Liability)

The role

DWF is seeking a mid- to senior-level Litigation Associate with a focus on Cyber Liability for their Toronto, Canada office. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience and the ability to independently manage complex cyber and privacy breaches and related commercial disputes.

What you'll do

• Take carriage of complex ransomware, business email compromise and other cyber and privacy events from first notice through resolution
• Lead the response with minimal supervision, set strategy, make timely decisions, keep all workstreams moving, and ensure compliance with client guidelines and service-level agreements
• Direct forensic, notification, communications and recovery workstreams and advise on legal and regulatory obligations
• Work with the team to apply a consistent approach to recurring legal, regulatory and strategic breach issues
• Prepare clients for breaches through incident response plans, tabletop exercises, policies and procedures
• Handle funds transfer fraud recovery actions and other cyber-related commercial litigation, including motions, examinations for discovery, mediations and settlement negotiations
• Give clear, practical and timely advice to corporate and public sector clients, insurers, managing general agents, brokers and other incident response stakeholders
• Manage your practice and client relationships
• Develop business and build your professional profile
• Meet billable and non-billable targets
• Supervise, mentor and support junior lawyers while modelling and reinforcing DWF’s respectful, collaborative firm culture

What we're looking for

Benefits