Description:
We are seeking an experienced Legal Director to play a leading role within our expanding cyber team. The successful candidate will work closely with partners and senior stakeholders across the global practice, advising clients on high-profile and business-critical cyber incidents, regulatory investigations and disputes.
This is a strategic role involving significant client responsibility, leadership of complex matters and active involvement in the continued growth and development of the practice.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the leadership of client relationships, supervise and mentor junior lawyers, support business development initiatives and further strengthen the firm’s profile within the cyber and data risk market.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading and managing complex cyber incident response matters across the Readiness, Respond and Recover phases.
- Acting as a senior adviser to corporate clients, insurers and insureds on cyber risk, data breaches and regulatory obligations.
- Coordinating multi-jurisdictional cyber incidents alongside the firm’s global cyber team and external experts.
- Managing cyber security incidents including leading crisis management team calls, engaging with threat actors, instructing forensic providers, advising on notification obligations and overseeing communications strategies.
- Advising on regulatory investigations and enforcement actions involving bodies such as the ICO, FCA, SRA and international regulators.
- Leading litigation and disputes arising from cyber incidents, including group litigation, representative actions, technology disputes and regulatory challenges.
- Advising on the extra-territorial application of GDPR and other international data protection regimes.
- Supporting the strategic growth of the cyber practice through client development, networking, profile-raising and thought leadership initiatives.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, insurers, brokers, vendors and other key market participants.
- Supervising, mentoring and developing junior lawyers within the team.
- Supporting partners on strategic initiatives and contributing to the wider leadership of the practice.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Significant experience advising on cyber incident response, data breaches and cyber-related disputes.
- Strong litigation and disputes background, ideally with experience in technology, media, regulatory or data protection matters.
- Demonstrable experience managing complex, high-value and multi-jurisdictional matters.
- Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills with a commercial and solutions-focused approach.
- Proven ability to lead teams and supervise junior lawyers effectively.
- A strong interest in cyber risk, technology and emerging data issues.
- Experience engaging with regulators and coordinating external advisers in high-pressure environments.
- A track record of contributing to business development, client growth and market profile initiatives.
- Excellent technical legal skills, strategic judgement and organisational capability.