Location: London | Hybrid working
A leading international law firm is seeking a UK Qualified Trade Mark Attorney (Associate) to join its highly regarded Intellectual Property practice in London. This is a rare opportunity for a Trade Mark professional with a genuine interest in branding work, and represents an excellent opportunity to work on complex, cross-border brand matters for a premium client base.
The opportunity
The successful candidate will join a market-recognised IP team advising major multinational brands, growth businesses and innovative organisations across a wide range of sectors. The work is varied and high quality, combining strategic brand management with contentious and enforcement matters.
Key responsibilities include:
- Advising on UK, EU and international trade mark portfolios
- Management of trade mark and design portfolios; providing advice on trade mark and design clearance searches, drafting trade mark specifications and advising on filing strategies.
- Clearance, prosecution strategy and global filing programmes
- Managing oppositions, invalidity actions and appeals
- Advising on enforcement, infringement and anti-counterfeiting matters
- Working closely with colleagues across international offices
- Building trusted relationships with new and established clients.
- UK Qualified Trade Mark Attorney
- Typically 3–5 years’ post-qualification experience
- Strong technical grounding in trade mark prosecution with exposure to disputes
- Commercial, confident and client-facing
- Able to manage matters autonomously while contributing to team development
- International platform with high-profile, cross-border work
- Clear progression and long-term career prospects
- Competitive remuneration and bonus structure
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Collegiate, forward-thinking team culture
- An environment that rewards professional growth and commercial skills development
Please contact James Dawes at EJ Legal for more information: jamesd@ejgroup.co.uk