Location
London

Hours
Full Time

About the Role
PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients’ capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and strong issuer relationships have helped us become one of the world’s largest providers of traditional and nontraditional financing solutions and trusted advisors to investors seeking strong risk-adjusted returns. Since 1971, our people have shaped a high-performance inclusive culture that celebrates diverse thinking and embodies our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence.

We are seeking a Vice President, Legal Counsel with deep expertise in data privacy, digital and technology regulation to join our EMEA Legal team. In this strategic role, you will provide specialist legal guidance on a broad range of data, privacy, digital and technology matters across the EMEA region. You will partner closely with Legal, IT, Compliance, Risk and business stakeholders to ensure PIMCO’s growing operations meet evolving regulatory requirements. This position requires strong subject-matter expertise, commercial judgment, and the ability to influence legal and operational strategy in an increasingly digital environment.

Key Responsibilities
- Advise on GDPR and EU/UK privacy requirements across all EMEA business activities, including lawful data processing, data subject rights, cross-border transfers and data breach reporting
- Support responses to data subject access requests and ensure alignment with internal privacy policies
- Provide legal guidance on Data/IT/Tech outsourcing, third-party risk, and negotiate cloud, IT and technology vendor agreements including data protection and security terms
- Advise on AI frameworks, including implications of the EU AI Act, supporting safe deployment of AI-driven tools and digital capabilities
- Monitor and interpret emerging EU/UK regulations relating to data, digital services, fintech, operational resilience and cybersecurity
- Partner with project teams on IT upgrades, digital transformation, operational changes and AI rollouts, addressing legal and regulatory considerations
- Advise on cybersecurity legal obligations, support breach response, regulatory notifications, client communications and incident remediation
- Act as the regional expert on data, digital and technology laws, manage external counsel relationships and contribute to global initiatives with an EMEA perspective

Experience
- Qualified Lawyer with strong academic credentials (UK or relevant EMEA jurisdiction)
- Minimum 3 years PQE in data protection, technology law, IT/cybersecurity or related fields, including substantial GDPR work
- Deep expertise in EU/UK privacy frameworks (GDPR, Data Protection Act, e-Privacy, international transfers)
- Strong understanding of AI, cybersecurity and technology regulations, including the EU AI Act
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, especially for Data Processing Agreements, outsourcing agreements and IT vendor contracts
- Experience within financial services or asset management (in-house or advisory) is highly desirable
- Prior in-house legal counsel experience preferred
- Exposure to multijurisdictional regulatory implementations or cross-border projects is an advantage

About You
- Strong analytical capability to navigate complex and emerging digital regulatory issues
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to distil complex requirements for business and technical teams and present to senior audiences
- Client-service mindset, proactive, responsive and able to work independently within a collaborative legal team

Qualifications
- Qualified Lawyer status in UK or relevant EMEA jurisdiction
- Strong academic credentials