TMT Disputes Lawyer

Description TMT DISPUTES LAWYER – 3-5yrs PQE – LONDON About the Firm Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,400 employees operating out of 26 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services, energy, infrastructure, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice. We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which it’s people can flourish. We operate an agile working scheme, which offers our employees flexibility in terms of where, and how, they work. We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology. Awards Pinsent Masons has achieved more tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK guide than any other firm, won the "Law Firm of the Year Award 2019 – Legal Business" for the second time and is recognised among the most innovative law firms in Europe by the Financial Times. Pinsent Masons was also named Law Firm of the Year 2018 by The Lawyer, and is ranked No 1 on the UK Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2019 and named Stonewall’s Top Global Employers 2019. Brief We are currently looking to recruit lawyers at the associate level specialising in TMT Disputes work, to join our London office. The ideal candidate will be at 3-5yrs PQE level. Background Pinsent Masons LLP has one of the leading and most established Technology, Media & Telecoms practices in the UK. With a team of over 30 partners and over 100 additional fee-earners, across a network of offices nationwide and international, our substantial practice provides commercial, advisory and contentious services. Pinsent Masons LLP provides a full range of advice and guidance, including in relation to: outsourcing, e-business, IT product and services contracts, commercial contracts, Freedom of Information, intellectual property, technology, telecoms, IT and communications disputes, data protection, cyber and privacy and media. Our dedicated TMT disputes team works with suppliers and customers in relation to the establishment, management and resolution of TMT projects in both the public and private sectors. Our team has specialised in this sector for over 20 years and is consistently praised by both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for its strengths in this area, with the team having been involved in some of the most significant cases to affect the industry in recent years. We support clients encountering difficulties in implementation, integration and large service contracts such as outsourcing and system integration contracts. We frequently assist clients in rectifying "run-away" projects and our project support services help clients identify and control risk during projects, thereby minimising the occurrence of project failure and costly disputes. The TMT disputes team works closely with our transactional TMT team, offering a co-ordinated approach which often results in the effective re-negotiation of problem contracts, after we have helped the client identify matters to improve its negotiating position. For irrecoverable projects we provide comprehensive dispute resolution services and have significant experience of all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation, expert determination, early neutral evaluation, arbitration and litigation proceedings. We are experienced in dealing with document intensive and technically complex project disputes and associated project management methodologies. We are also currently very busy dealing with a number of high profile cyber, data protection and privacy disputes and expect this to be a substantial growth area for our team with the arrival of GDPR and as issues of online privacy come into the litigation spotlight in the next few years. The Candidate Required We are looking for a 3-5 PQE Associate to further strengthen the team. The successful candidate will have excellent academics and will have gained experience in an international firm or in a large national firm. The role does not require a technical TMT background, but it would be helpful if applicants have experience of TMT disputes as well as cyber or data privacy matters. The cases we work on are often large and high profile involving significant factual, technical and legal complexity. Candidates will need to demonstrate an appetite for getting involved and strong organisational skills. Since we almost invariably work in teams; the successful candidate will need to be a natural communicator and have a desire to work closely with others. Role responsibilities Specialism in large IT and outsourcing contract disputes resolution and dispute avoidance including but not limited to: Advising clients on rights and liabilities in respect of distressed projects Compliance with dispute resolution provisions Advising and facilitating remedial measures and appropriate dispute preparation activities Advising and facilitating commercial negotiations to fix distressed projects and avoid substantive disputes Acting on substantive disputes in relation to IT and Outsourcing projects (whether in arbitration, litigation or other forms of ADR) including: Termination disputes Disputes about scope and delay to