Senior Associate - IT Outsourcing and Commercial Transaction (Tech /Digital)

The Role

Group Overview

Join our market-leading Tech//Digital team and play a central role in shaping the future of technology-driven businesses. Our team is renowned for advising some of the world’s most innovative companies on their most complex and strategic projects, from multi-nationals transforming their business with technology to fast-growing digital disruptors. Our lawyers are renowned for solving the toughest cross-border challenges and setting industry benchmarks. Work alongside leading practitioners in tech M&A, digital regulation and tech public policy on matters that shape the future of digital business.

Who you will work with

• Senior executives and legal teams shaping strategy and executing on their most complex transactions.
• A diverse range of the world's most ambitious companies and investors across multiple sectors and geographies.
• Cross-functional client teams, including in-house legal, commercial, procurement and M&A project leads to deliver practical solutions on complex transactions.
• Clifford Chance global lawyers in corporate, private capital, IP, employment, antitrust, litigation, finance, tax, capital markets, and energy, all as part of a close-knit London team of technology specialists.

What you will be responsible for

• Lead high-stakes, cross-border carve-outs, business separations, outsourcings, technology procurements and collaborations.
• Mentor, inspire and lead teams, driving excellence.
• Build and manage client relationships, driving business development and thought leadership.
• Translate complexity into clear, actionable advice for senior stakeholders.
• Grow the firm’s profile through thought leadership, media engagement, and strategic client development.

Your Experience 

You bring:

• Senior level post-qualification experience at a top-tier international law firm.
• Deep expertise in cross-border carve-outs, business separations, outsourcings, technology procurements and collaborations.
• A track record of leading complex projects.
• Exceptional drafting, analytical, project management and client-facing skills.
• Strategic vision and commercial instinct.
• Outstanding academic credentials and a reputation for first-rate legal skills.
• Strong experience collaborating across multiple countries.

How we will support you

• Real autonomy and influence - your insight will shape strategy and drive impact.
• Direct access to world-leading partners and global experts.
• Exposure to the most complex, career-defining projects in the market.
• Resources to realise your strategic vision and goals.
• Training, mentoring, and a global platform to build your reputation as a leader in technology law.
• Opportunity to develop as a recognised practitioner in the field, working for a team ranked #1 by directories.

Whatever your area of expertise, you will find a range of career opportunities at Clifford Chance. And wherever you’re heading, Clifford Chance is where you can be true to your ambitions.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures and languages. In a world where commercial success increasingly relies on globalisation, we offer clients a truly international perspective, and we offer our people a rewarding and stimulating career.

We're proud of our approachable, friendly and team-based way of working. Highly professional and self-assured, with an entrepreneurial streak, our people are more than happy to share their expertise and knowledge.

Who we are

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world. With over 30 offices across the globe, we strive to exceed the expectations of our clients, providing them with the highest-quality advice and legal insight, which combines the firm’s global standards with in-depth local expertise.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages. We offer our clients a truly international perspective. We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating - full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow. That’s why we’re so proud of our inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.

You’ll find our clients in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations. But no matter who they are or why they’ve reached out to us, we provide a world-class service every step of the way. And that’s possible thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work that you’ll find across all of our teams.

Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part an innovative, diverse and ambitious team of people. Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

Hybrid Working

This role follows our 'balanced' hybrid working approach and as long as business needs allow, you will be supported to work in a hybrid way with the expectation of working from the office for a minimum of 50% of your time.

What we offer including our broad range of benefits and working environment

When you join Clifford Chance, you will have access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits. For more information on what we offer specifically in the UK, please visit our What We Offer page on our career site.

Equal opportunities statement

At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society. 

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.  This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm. 

Find out more about our inclusive culture here.