Data Protection Solicitor
Posted 1 week ago by Michael Page
£66,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Protection Solicitor role in Manchester involves advising clients on data protection, privacy, cyber, and AI-related legal matters across various sectors including financial services, healthcare, real estate, and technology. The position is within a leading international law firm that emphasizes a supportive and inclusive culture, offering hybrid working arrangements and clear career development paths. The role requires a solicitor with relevant experience to provide practical legal advice and support clients in compliance and regulatory matters. The firm values diversity, equity, and wellbeing in its workforce.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advising clients on data protection, privacy, cyber and AI-related legal risks across multiple sectors (FS, health, real estate, tech)
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating data protection, privacy and cybersecurity-related contracts and policies
- Conducting privacy impact assessments, compliance audits and advising on regulatory obligations
- Supporting clients with incident response, breach management and regulatory investigations where required
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver practical, business-minded legal advice
Key Skills:
- A solicitor (or equivalent) with experience in data protection, privacy or cyber law - ideally 2+ years post-qualification (PQE) or demonstrable relevant experience
- Skilled in drafting privacy policies, data-sharing agreements, and compliance documentation
- Familiar with UK/EU data protection law (e.g., GDPR), regulatory requirements and emerging issues around AI and cyber-security
- Able to liaise directly with clients and deliver clear, pragmatic legal advice
- A strong communicator, organised, commercially aware, and comfortable working across different sectors and teams
Salary (Rate): £66,000.00 yearly
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Legal
The Data Protection Solicitor role in Manchester offers a unique opportunity to work across data, AI, cyber and privacy matters for clients in financial services, healthcare, real estate and tech. You'll join a dynamic team advising on cutting-edge issues in privacy and compliance.
Client Details
You'll be joining a leading international law firm with a 255-year heritage, known for high-quality, client-focused work across diverse sectors including finance, health, real estate and technology. The firm prides itself on a supportive, inclusive and flexible culture that values the whole person - offering hybrid working, clear career development paths and a commitment to diversity, equity and wellbeing.
Description
The Data Protection Solicitor will be:
- Advising clients on data protection, privacy, cyber and AI-related legal risks across multiple sectors (FS, health, real estate, tech)
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating data protection, privacy and cybersecurity-related contracts and policies
- Conducting privacy impact assessments, compliance audits and advising on regulatory obligations
- Supporting clients with incident response, breach management and regulatory investigations where required
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver practical, business-minded legal advice
Profile
The Data Protection Solicitor should be:
- A solicitor (or equivalent) with experience in data protection, privacy or cyber law - ideally 2+ years post-qualification (PQE) or demonstrable relevant experience
- Skilled in drafting privacy policies, data-sharing agreements, and compliance documentation
- Familiar with UK/EU data protection law (e.g., GDPR), regulatory requirements and emerging issues around AI and cyber-security
- Able to liaise directly with clients and deliver clear, pragmatic legal advice
- A strong communicator, organised, commercially aware, and comfortable working across different sectors and teams
Job Offer
Estimated Salary from £54,000 - £66,000 dependent on experience plus benefits and hybrid working.