Senior Associate / Managing Associate - Data Licensing (TMT)

You'll advise clients on a broad range of data, technology and commercial matters, including:

• Advising, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of financial market data licensing agreements for high-profile financial organisations.
• Analysing financial market data licensing agreements to provide legal advice notes on what uses are permitted in particular with regard to use of AI.
• Advising financial organisations on dealing with audits and contractual remediation projects.
• Drafting and negotiating as range of complex technology and commercial agreements.
• Supporting clients on technology-enabled data initiatives, including AI and machine learning projects.
• Managing multi-stakeholder negotiations involving global financial institutions, exchanges, technology providers and data suppliers.
• Working closely with intellectual property, regulatory and corporate specialists to deliver integrated advice.
• Supporting business development initiatives and helping strengthen Pinsent Masons' market-leading data licensing practice.

About the Team

Our TMT practice is recognised as one of the leading technology practices in the market, advising clients across technology, financial services, telecommunications and digital infrastructure.

The team works on some of the most complex technology and data transactions in the market, with a particular strength in advising financial institutions on:

• Financial market data licensing
• Trading platforms and connectivity arrangements
• Data commercialisation strategies
• Large-scale technology procurements
• Technology outsourcing and managed services
• Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies
• Intellectual property and data-driven products
• Strategic sourcing transactions

This role offers the opportunity to become part of a highly specialised practice with a reputation for technical excellence and commercial pragmatism.

We are interested in speaking with candidates at Senior Associate or Managing Senior Associate level (typically 5-10 PQE) who have strong technology, commercial contracts or data-focused experience.

You will ideally demonstrate:

• Deep experience in advising on contracts for the licensing of financial market data and good working knowledge of the financial data market standards and data types
• Experience advising on technology, commercial, data licensing or intellectual property matters.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Experience working on complex commercial transactions involving technology or data assets.
• The ability to deliver pragmatic, commercially focused advice.
• Strong client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• An interest in financial services, fintech, market infrastructure or data-driven business models.
• Strong project management and organisational capabilities.
• A collaborative approach and enthusiasm for working across multidisciplinary teams.

advising banks, exchanges, financial institutions, market infrastructure providers or data vendors would be particularly beneficial, though we welcome applications from candidates with broader technology or commercial backgrounds who are interested in specialising in this area.

At Pinsent Masons, we create careers that are exceptional by design .

We offer:

• A genuinely specialist market-leading data licensing practice.
• Exposure to some of the largest financial institutions and data-driven businesses globally.
• High-profile, complex and intellectually stimulating work.
• Direct access to recognised leaders in the technology and financial services sectors.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Flexible and agile working arrangements.
• Transparent career progression opportunities.
• The chance to help shape a rapidly expanding practice at the forefront of technology, data and AI-driven innovation.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to achieve their full potential.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

Applications are accepted via our recruitment portal only .

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor, Jules Grieve:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-grieve-94a731b4/
• Email: jules.grieve@pinsentmasons.com

Please do not submit CVs for this role if you are not on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL), as we are committed to supporting and protecting our existing agency partnerships.

Pinsent Masons will not be bound by your terms of business in respect of any unsolicited CVs submitted to us, and no fee will be payable in relation to such submissions.