Senior Counsel - Data Protection and Commerical

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What We'll Bring:
About the Role:

&bull Providing legal advice to the UK business on the development of new, leading edge data insight services and the use of existing and newly acquired data assets in a manner that complies with licence terms, legislation, industry codes and policy.

&bull Creating contract templates for the sale of new services, training the client contracting team on these templates and providing subject matter expert support to live client contract negotiations.

&bull Supporting legal and regulatory horizon-scanning and engagement with external stakeholders, including responding to consultations and ad hock queries from regulators. Supporting change management in key markets beyond the UK where TransUnion services may be licensed for use.

• Obtain and maintain: (i) an in-depth knowledge of the contracts, legislation, industry codes and policy that regulate the use of TransUnion's data assets; and (ii) an expert level understanding of how these impact the business.
• Pro-actively advise the business on how its data assets can be used compliantly as part of data insight service development and operational change processes, often in response to innovative and mould-breaking proposals (both business to business and business to consumer).
• Support the work of the Data Protection Officer and TransUnion's representatives at internal and external data oversight committees /governing bodies and regulators (including FCA and ICO).
• Prepare and provide training to other team members and the wider business on regulatory and legislative developments and the use of TU's data assets, products and services.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to solutions development and operational teams in the compliant management of TransUnion's data assets and services.
• Understand and follow internal processes but also proactively drive and respond to process innovation within UK Legal and the wider business.

• Licensed legal practitioner.
• Minimum 3 years' PQE or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience of working in or advising the legal function of an information services company and/or regulated financial services business. Experience of working in a direct to consumer business would be a benefit.
• Detailed understanding of UK data privacy law (including UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018) and the FCA regulatory regime.
• Aptitude and appetite to:
  • obtain expert level knowledge of TransUnion's wider regulatory universe;
  • obtain an appropriate level of technical and commercial understanding of TU's services to be able to assess and advise on data related risks and opportunities; and
  • tenaciously investigate complex and novel challenges posed by the business and provide commercial solutions.
• Capability and experience of working collaboratively in a fast-paced, highly commercial environment.