Healthcare Law Senior Associate

4 days ago

Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom DAC Beachcroft LLP Full time

The Health Care and Public law team at DAC Beachcroft are leading advisers in the health and social care sector. We are regularly instructed in ground breaking and high profile cases for both public and independent sector clients.


regulatory issues, healthcare law, information governance, inquests, CQC inspections, registration and enforcement, judicial reviews, public inquiries, serious incidents, domestic homicide inquiries, criminal investigations, mental health, patient care issues, Human Rights Act issues, and clinical and corporate governance.


The team's information law practice advises a broad range of health, public sector and charity sector clients, including NHS and independent sector providers, NHS commissioners, central government departments and medtech providers. We are looking for a senior health information law specialist to help develop and supervise our team of junior specialists, but also to drive the further development of the practice both within its existing client base but also to attract new ones.
Advise health and social care clients in respect of some, or all, of the following:
Data protection, confidentiality and Freedom of Information
Providing complex advice such as: data protection impact assessments; risk based analysis of data protection compliance of new projects and systems; the use of artificial intelligence; and structuring new initiatives, such as big data projects, marketing strategy and data sharing.
Assisting with responses to ICO complaints and defending investigations.
Dealing with complex data subject requests.
Drafting and negotiating data protection clauses.
Advising on issues arising out of cross border transfers of data.

Help build and maintain relationships with clients, demonstrating a level of knowledge and skill commensurate with experience
Be involved in in marketing and business development, including ongoing contribution to business development opportunities and ideas
Exercise full compliance with DAC Beachcroft protocols on billing and credit control and demonstrate a high level of financial management in respect of own files
Build effective internal and external networks
Maintain and develop technical knowledge through attendance at training sessions, reading appropriate publications and exceeding Law Society CPD requirements
Handle confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols
An Associate or Senior Associate with 4-6 years post qualification experience with a significant focus on data protection and interest in working in Health and Social care law:


Previous experience in advising in Health and Social Care matters
Highly motivated individual to fit into a responsive team providing excellence in service to our health and social care clients
Excellent technical ability, particularly with drafting policies, drafting and negotiating data protection clauses in agreements, conducting data protection impact assessments and advising on cross border data transfers.
A genuine passion for this area of law and an interest in data protection developments, both legal and technological.
Professional certifications such as IAPP CIPP/E and CIPM are desired (but not essential).
Highly motivated individual to fit into a responsive team providing excellence in service to our health and social care clients.
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK's top-ten insurers, we are 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-12 housebuilders.


We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the 'Leading Individual' rankings.


Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the 'Excellence in Business Development' and 'Excellence in Technology & Innovation' categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the 'Crisis Management Team of the Year' award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the 'Business Development Innovation Award' at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as 'Cyber Law Firm of the Year' at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.


For further details on our work and our culture, please visit .


We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.


Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.

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