Junior Privacy and Cybersecurity Associate
About the role
Fenwick & West is expanding its Chambers-ranked Privacy & Security practice by hiring a junior associate with 2-4 years of experience in privacy and cybersecurity law related to business transactions like mergers and acquisitions, licensing, and other technology transactions.
Responsibilities
- Counsel clients on privacy compliance aspects of transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, capital markets transactions, and technology transactions.
- Negotiate privacy-related contracts or data processing agreements.
- Draft privacy and security policies.
- Provide comprehensive cybersecurity legal services, including governance, preparedness, compliance, data breach response, and defense of regulatory investigations and multidistrict class-action litigation.
- Have a solid understanding of federal privacy laws (TCPA, GLBA, FCRA, CAN-SPAM, COPPA, FTC Act), state privacy laws (CCPA), and international privacy laws and regimes (GDPR).
- Experience with AI counseling is desirable but not essential.
Requirements
- Superior academic credentials.
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong professional references.
Qualifications
- Bar membership in the jurisdiction where applying (as appropriate) or eligibility to take the next available exam is required.
Skills
- Experience with privacy and cybersecurity law.
- Experience with transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, capital markets transactions, and technology transactions.
- Experience with drafting privacy and security policies and negotiating privacy-related contracts or data processing agreements.
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Life Insurance
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellbeing
Pay
The anticipated range for this position is $235,000 - $310,000 depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Schedule
Not specified.