Technology Partner

Our national Technology team is growing. Representing an impressive range of clients, the team plays a vital role in helping clients build growth and success. The team also works alongside our US colleagues on international transactions and projects, and as a Lex Mundi member firmwe work with other member firms across the world on international projects for our clients.

What we’re looking for?

We’re looking for a highly competent andambitious person to help grow our Technology team in the Southwest. This role will lead and grow the existing team in the Bristol office. It will provide an excellent foundation for a self-starter to take advantage of being located in one of the fastest growing technology clusters in the UK.

As anadditional Technology Partner in the team, you will bring a reputation for technical excellence and a passion for team development. Our Technology team will provide you with a great platform as a number of our lawyers hold the highest rankings in the legal directories. We’re well known both regionally and nationally in the digital space and enjoy a broad range of intellectually stimulating work. Clients range from FTSE 100 institutions (often with an international element) to exciting, disruptive tech start-ups.

Technology is a strategic area for targeted growth, and you’ll enjoy plenty of support to help you market and grow your team.

You’ll enjoy a hugely variedrole contributing to the strategy, growth and professional development of the national Technology team and you can expect the financial and professional rewards for success with no upper limit to further career progression.

To be successful in thisrole, you’ll need as a minimum:

• Experience of building and sustaining a legal technology practice.
• An in-depth sector/market understanding and the impact of trends on clients.
• The ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of revenue prioritisation.
• An effective coach and sounding board for team members giving a clear sense of direction and purpose.
• The ability to actively seek out opportunities for innovation and create process improvements.
• A role model with a commercial mind-set who ensures efficiency.
• An external profile as a leader in this field.
• Youunderstand how the provision of legal services should be delivered at a top 20 law firm.

What’s in it for you?

We have a strong,collaborative culture where success is rewarded and our people are supported and encouraged to achieve their potential, whatever their role in the business. That means you’ll benefit from a hugely talented group of business professionals all of whom are enthusiastic and committed to the success of our business and ready to support your practice development whether that’s through sector or business development advice and support, learning and development opportunities or technology and innovation.

We have some prettyinnovative solutions for our clients and the Technology team are fully embracing those technologies and practices, all designed to make your life, and those of your clients, that much easier. You can read more about WBD Advance, and what it can do to support you,here .

We recognise that just because you’re a senior lawyer,your need for career development doesn’t end there. Our Learning and Development team have worked with best-in-class providers, to design a number of masterclasses for partners intended to enhance your leadership and business skills.

What makes it great to work here?

We continuallywork hard to create an open culturethatsetsusapart from other firms.Ourculture givesusmuch more of a humanfeel,emphasisingthatwe’re more than just suits!

As signatoriesto the Mindful Business Charter, it’s important to usthatourpeople are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources andinitiativesdesigned tosupporthealth and wellbeing and we’re very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Through our DEI initiativeswe create anenvironment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and InclusionGroup, led byourBoard Sponsor, which workswithourcolleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women’s career development and we’re in constantdialoguewithourpeople about how we expandournetworks to bettersupporteverybody). Find out more aboutED&I at WBD here . We encourageapplicants from all social backgrounds,ethnicities,disabilities, genderidentities and sexualorientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.

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