Role overview

The team

RPC has a highly successful, award winning commercial and technology practice. We are top ranked in Chambers and Legal 500 2025 for Advertising and Marketing and Commercial Contracts.

We handle a varied, dynamic and often high-profile workload for clients across a range of sectors but with a particular emphasis on TME, fintech, retail and consumer brands and retail and business support services.

Working on transformational and cutting-edge projects, we cover the full spectrum of:

• advertising and marketing
• adtech and related adtech data matters
• complex commercial contracts
• data protection
• IT and BPO outsourcings as well as logistics outsourcing

Our clients are diverse and exciting and include major global tech and digital companies, global technology suppliers, major retailers, brands and hospitality businesses, media organisations, major insurers and broker clients and smaller companies and start-ups across sectors.

We are passionate about development and invest heavily in industry-leading training programmes to help our people develop and thrive.

The role

We are seeking either a commercial knowledge lawyer, or an experienced commercial lawyer (c. 4 years' PQE+) who wants to transition into a commercial knowledge role. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape the knowledge, innovation and legal technology agenda across our market leading Commercial, Technology Outsourcing (CTO), and Data & Cyber teams.

You will:

• Develop and maintain core precedents, playbooks and guidance for commercial, tech, outsourcing, data protection and cyber work.
• Help the teams use AI and legal technology to deliver work more efficiently and consistently.
• Support training, horizon scanning and thought leadership on AI, commercial, data and cyber topics.
• Work closely with partners, fee earners and our Knowledge & Legal Technology, IT, BD and Risk teams.

This is a full-time role, but we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements during the application process.

Key responsibilities

We do not expect you to have had experience in all the areas listed below - we require strong commercial contract and technology experience, with a real interest in AI and knowledge work.

Responsibilities will include:

Knowledge and precedents

• Maintain and develop practical precedents, clause banks, playbooks and guidance notes for Commercial, Technology & Outsourcing and Data & Cyber.
• Capture and share legal know-how and market insights, helping to develop clear "house views" on key issues.
• Support matter debriefs and respond to know-how queries from fee earners.

AI, innovation and legal technology

• Translate the firm's AI strategy into practical knowledge assets (e.g. workflows, prompt libraries, advisory notes, regulatory trackers).
• Identify and help implement opportunities to productise AI and use AI and legal tech tools to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Be part of a team providing legal input into the design and testing of AI-enabled and other tech-enabled products for internal and client use.
• Act as a subject-matter contact on AI governance and regulatory developments affecting AI deployment.

Training and development

• Design and deliver internal training for the Commercial and Data & Cyber teams, including trainees.
• Contribute to Early Talent initiatives and help onboard new joiners from a know-how perspective.
• Support cross-practice training where AI, data and technology issues overlap with other teams.

Thought leadership and client engagement

• Lead horizon scanning on key developments in commercial, technology, data protection, AI and cybersecurity law, working closely with partners and other team members.
• Produce or contribute to client alerts, articles, newsletters and short-form content (including LinkedIn posts).
• Help support and deliver client training sessions, demos and pilots of AI and legal-tech solutions.
• Contribute to pitches and panel responses from a knowledge and innovation perspective.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Qualified lawyer (England & Wales or equivalent) with c. 4+ plus PQE - we are open to strong candidates at different levels.
• Strong commercial contracts & technology experience (e.g. IT/outsourcing, SaaS, services, supply, distribution, licensing or similar). Experience in data protection and/or non-contentious cyber work will be a plus but not essential.
• Genuine interest in AI and its legal/regulatory implications, with the ability to get up to speed quickly on developments.
• Previous experience of working with AI tools or other legal technology (e.g. contract review tools, transaction management platforms) will be helpful.
• A collaborative leader within a team who coaches and develops junior team members to achieve their full potential.
• Committed to being part of a supportive, inclusive and collaborative firm culture.
• Strong project management capability, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing deadlines.
• Works commercially and collaboratively to achieve the objectives of the team/firm.