Paralegal (Data Privacy)

Overview

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognised by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do. We are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Legal Risk Management department in our London office as a Data Privacy Paralegal. Data privacy offers an alternative career route to individuals who are not fully-qualified lawyers. This is a great opportunity for someone with a legal background and some IT knowledge to receive on-the-job training in order to pursue this career. Standard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business. Our current working from home policy allows for two days working from home, subject to business need. This policy is subject to change and does not form part of contractual terms.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with data-mapping for the record of processing activities (involves interviews with internal application managers to interrogate nature of data and processing);
• General data protection compliance activities;
• Helping with data privacy reviews in routine internal projects/procurement;
• Assisting with vendor management reviews and procedures and associated onboarding issues;
• Preparing data transfer agreements with clients and other parties;
• Involvement in internal training initiatives;
• Assistance with respect to any data subject access requests;
• Supporting incident management processes, including documentation of suspected personal data breaches and assistance with regulatory notification assessments;
• Maintaining data privacy governance records and ensuring audit‑ready documentation;
• Liaising with IT, Risk, Compliance, HR, and Procurement teams to support firm‑wide data protection initiatives;
• Tracking regulatory developments and assisting in updating internal guidance and training materials accordingly;
• Supporting responses to regulatory enquiries and audits under supervision;
• Assisting with records management and data retention / deletion initiatives;
• Providing general administrative and research support to the data privacy and information governance team;

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes

• A legal education or relevant professional experience, with a demonstrable interest in data protection and privacy law.
• Data privacy certifications or formal GDPR training would be advantageous.
• Previous experience in a paralegal, data protection, compliance, or legal support role (law firm or professional services environment preferred but not essential;
• Strong interest in data protection and privacy law, particularly GDPR and UK GDPR;
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail;
• Confident communicator, able to engage with both legal and non‑legal stakeholders;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;

At Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed. Our culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas. One of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQI+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability), Social Inclusion and Opportunities Network and Work and Me (Family). We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.