IPT Associate

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We are looking for an Associate within our Manchester Commercial, Technology and Data team.

Our team provides advice to private and public sector clients across a number of different sectors (including manufacturing, food and beverage, technology, retail and financial services). Our team includes a wide variety of experts, from contracts lawyers to technology, privacy, consumer and financial services experts and individuals that are ‘Ranked’ as a ‘Leading Individual’, ‘Outstanding Lawyer’ and/or ‘Stand-Out Talent’ by major legal directories.

Our team provides advice to meet the needs of our clients and help further their business interests – from the day-to-day contracts to some of the largest and most complex projects within the UK. By joining our team you will have a fantastic platform to progress your career, in a culture where you have a remit to make a real impact.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The role within our Manchester Commercial, Technology and Data team will involve you working as part of a team advising on a range of commercial and IT contracting matters across a range of sectors – from day to day contracts to some of the most strategic and business critical contracts our clients enter into. You will be provided with training and support from partners and other leading fee-earners on a day-to-day basis across a broad spread of work.

This includes advising on the procurement of goods and services (including supply agreements, distribution agreements and agency agreements), providing support with respect to commercial and IT contracts in the context of corporate transactions, multi-jurisdictional outsourcings, the procurement of IT goods and services (including IT outsourcing, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS) and other commercial projects. The workload is varied and rewarding and you will have active engagement with clients and colleagues across the globe, and there will be plenty of opportunity for you to take on additional responsibility and advance your career.

ABOUT YOU

To be considered for this role you must be a qualified or dual qualified Lawyer in England and Wales.

We do not set upper or lower limits of PQE for any of our vacancies. We have however given an indicative PQE as an approximate guide for applicants. Candidates who have between 0 - 4 years PQE, are likely to have the right level of knowledge and will have gained the right level of experience needed to be able to undertake this role.

You will:

• have a desire to work for a premium law firm for FTSE 100 clients on market-leading work;
• have a knowledge of commercial contract terms and the key legal, commercial and operational issues arising across commercial deals;
• work collaboratively with other team members, even taking the lead and managing your own workload when requested; and
• be able to establish trust and confidence with clients and build and develop relationships with existing internal and external contacts.

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in
• Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big
• Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best. If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.

AGILE WORKING

We know that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.