The London Employment Pensions and Immigration team comprises 32 fee earners and acts for an impressive roster of household name clients across the financial services, technology, healthcare and commercial sectors. The team has a strong reputation in the London market and is recognised as Tier 1 in Legal 500 and Band 2 in Chambers.
The team proudly boasts a market-leading Employment Privacy practice, including a bespoke and innovative data subject access request (DSAR) service to complement its employment offering. We have plans for significant growth across existing and new clients for the DSAR service. We are looking for a qualified lawyer to support the expansion of the DSAR service.
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Work under the supervision of a senior DSAR lawyer to undertake a busy and varied workload advising employers in each of our key sectors on their DSARs.
- Work on high-profile, sensitive and complex DSARs involving discrimination, whistleblowing and redundancy under appropriate supervision.
- Undertake a period of bespoke training in DSAR law and practice specific to the service and the needs of our clients.
- Assist senior lawyers to set strategy and deliver high-quality and consistent DSAR responses across our client base.
- Monitor developments in DSAR law and practice.
- Assist senior lawyers in supervising the work of (and assist in the professional development of) trainees and paralegals.
- Assist with marketing, networking and other business development activities in order to maintain and develop work from existing clients and potential clients.
- Contribute to non-fee-earning activity as appropriate e.g. knowledge building and maintaining precedents.
- Assist with the next stage of service development and growth plans.
A 0-2 PQE Solicitor or CILEX qualified lawyer. A strong employment law foundation is desirable although not essential
Strong academic background including a 2.1 degree from a reputable University
A keen interest in data protection
The ability to manage high-value, time-sensitive matters
Strong verbal and written communication skills
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact
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We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
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DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
