IT/Tech Disputes Solicitor/Barrister 3+ years’ PQE/Call LONDON

Well-regarded commercial law firm in the City is seeking to recruit an IT/Tech Disputes Solicitor or Barrister of 3 or more years’ PQE/Call. The team works for suppliers and customers, ranging from household names to innovative start-up businesses in a variety of sectors and industries. The work of the team is particularly focused on serving clients with disputes relating to:

• IT
• AI
• Data
• other innovative and disruptive technologies

The areas which they most frequently work in are:

• technology transformation projects
• B2B software and services
• AI
• financial services and fintech
• telecoms
• defence and deeptech
• life sciences and healthcare
• sports tech

Key responsibilities include:

• advising on a varied range of disputes and related advisory work in the technology and innovation sector;
• contractual disputes relating to technology projects or the buying and selling, licensing and exploitation of technology products and services;
• assists with claims relating to negligence, misuse of data, breach of confidence, trade secrets and some IP (such as software copyright claims and patent license disputes).

Most of the team’s disputes involve court litigation, but a proportion of your work may include arbitration and many disputes are resolved through ADR.

The ideal candidate:

• will have relevant PQE gained within a commercial litigation/IT disputes or tech disputes team in private practice;
• will have a passion for technology disputes, with a solid grounding in its basics and a commitment to further developing a career in this area;
• may have an IT/programming or computer science background but not a pre-requisite.

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