Associate/Senior Associate - Data & Cyber

The role

RPC is seeking an Associate/Senior Associate with 1-4 years of PQE for their Technology practice group in Bristol. This role focuses on advising clients on data and cyber insurance coverage, cyber incident response, and related regulatory matters.

What you'll do

• Advise insurers, insureds and brokers on breach response insurance matters, including policy interpretation, coverage position analysis, reservations/coverage correspondence support, and claims presentation strategy
• Support and run complex cyber coverage matters, including multi-insurer claims, allocation issues and high-value/fast-moving claims environments
• Advise on technology and cyber-related liability coverage issues and the interplay between coverage, incident response and potential third-party claims
• Support the defence and strategy of technology/data-related claims and disputes arising from cyber exposures, including managing pre-action issues, ADR/mediations and litigation workstreams
• Support cyber incident response from initial compromise through containment and recovery
• Help clients manage legal risk alongside operational response
• Advise on notification strategy and regulatory engagement, including ICO-facing matters and associated enforcement/investigation risk
• Support handling of data subject and related third-party claims arising out of incidents
• Coordinate pragmatic data protection advice alongside our data advisory team to support incidents/claims
• Supervise junior lawyers

What we're looking for

Benefits