Technology Risk Lawyer – AI & Emerging Technology – Global Law Firm – London
We are working with a leading global law firm seeking a Technology Risk Lawyer to advise the firm on its own use of AI and emerging technology. This is a newly created in-house role sitting alongside the firm's risk function, focused not on advising clients on their obligations but on the firm's own decisions: which tools it can safely deploy, on what terms, and with what safeguards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise the firm on the governance, risk and regulatory aspects of adopting AI and other emerging technologies.
- Assess new tools and vendor solutions ahead of deployment, identifying risks and agreeing mitigations before go-live.
- Design and maintain the firm's AI governance framework, including intake and review processes, impact assessments, escalation routes and acceptable use policies.
- Advise on confidentiality, client consent, privilege and professional obligations where client data meets new technology.
- Review and advise on the contractual layer beneath deployment, including supplier, licensing and data protection arrangements.
- Monitor developments under the EU AI Act and related digital regulation, and translate them into practical internal guidance.
- Partner with IT, information security, procurement, knowledge and business services teams on technology initiatives across the firm.
- Design and deliver training to build AI literacy among lawyers and business services staff.
Key Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer with experience in AI governance, data protection or technology risk, gained in private practice, in-house, or on secondment.
- Practical experience of building governance artefacts — frameworks, impact assessments, acceptable use policies, review processes — rather than purely advisory work.
- Working knowledge of the EU AI Act, UK and EU data protection law, and the wider digital regulatory landscape.
- Genuine interest in how the technology works, not only how it is regulated. Legal technology, product development or innovation programme experience is an advantage.
- Comfortable reaching a decision and defending it to senior stakeholders, rather than presenting a list of risks.
- Able to explain technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience.
Take the Next Step:
This is a rare opportunity to shape how a major international firm governs its own adoption of AI, at a point where very few firms have built this function. No billable hours target.
For more information, contact Chris Simmonds at chris.simmonds@mrasearch.co.uk or call 07947857473