Privacy and Technology Counsel, APAC

About the role

LSEG is looking for a 2-6 PQE Privacy and Technology Lawyer to join its Global Privacy Office, part of the Technology and Operations Legal Team. The role helps shape and deliver a global privacy programme for businesses operating in more than 70 countries, acting as a trusted advisor to business, technology and control functions. It sits at manager level.

Key responsibilities

• Provide practical, risk-based privacy and data governance advice and support the Group's privacy programme, policies, standards and controls
• Conduct and support Privacy Impact Assessments and Privacy by Design reviews, and advise on lawful processing, data subject rights, international transfers and retention
• Support privacy aspects of customer, supplier and intra-group contracts, and monitor emerging regulatory developments
• Deliver training, awareness materials and guidance to stakeholders
• Support privacy matters for Risk Intelligence products such as World-Check, including customer due diligence, sanctions screening, AML and KYC, and emerging AI-enabled features
• Advise on digital transformation, cloud adoption, AI governance, cybersecurity, operational resilience and third-party risk
• Collaborate with Technology, Information Security, Risk and Compliance teams and support incident investigations and regulatory responses
• Engage stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Technology, Product and Risk, and support regulatory engagement

Required profile

• Significant experience in privacy, data protection or information governance
• Strong knowledge of UK GDPR, GDPR and global privacy principles
• Experience giving practical legal, compliance or governance advice in a large organisation and conducting privacy assessments
• Degree in Law; professional privacy qualifications such as CIPP/E, CIPM or CIPT are desirable
• Desirable: experience in financial services, data and analytics, technology or regulated industries, and knowledge of AML, KYC, sanctions screening or financial crime compliance

Required skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to explain complex legal and regulatory concepts clearly
• Stakeholder management and independent work across multiple priorities