Lead Counsel, Data Protection (Commerce And Fintech) Milano

Lead Counsel, Data Protection (Commerce And Fintech)
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

Lead Counsel, Data Protection (Commerce and Fintech) Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with product and various business teams at all stages of product development to assess data protection compliance and to identify any potential legal risk and provide counselling on risk-mitigation

- Analyse services, policies and initiatives to provide practical legal assessments of risk across multiple jurisdictions

- Provide full service support to wider legal team on European regulatory and litigation matters and liaising with regulators

- Provide policy, legal, product, engineering, and other business teams with legal advice on data protection laws and regulations including for external communication, policy development, and enforcement decisions

- Monitor and respond to developments in data protection and relevant consumer laws (i. e. , new laws, regulations, important judgements, regulatory guidance, etc.

).

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Qualified to practice law in at least one EU jurisdiction

- Minimum of 5 years of relevant post-qualification legal experience (e. g.

at a law firm or as in-house counsel)

- In-depth knowledge of legal issues in the area of data protection laws and the GDPR, including a solid understanding of the operation of online social media platforms.

- Strong understanding and experience of advising on data protection issues in the context of fintech/payments or eCommerce

- Excellent multi-tasking and organisational skills

- Strong problem solving, written and oral communication and interpersonal skills