Senior Legal Counsel - IP

Join a group of highly intelligent and entrepreneurial individuals within an ambitious and acquisitive organisation in London, coming in as an intellectual property expert lawyer. Work directly with the senior leadership and take on management responsibility for two team members, benefiting from a supportive working culture and incentivising stock options!

About the company:

A highly successful and acquisitive business in the e-commerce space, standing at the cross-section of brand acquisition, brand management and digital transformation, supporting brands in their e-commerce growth. With ample funding and a hugely impressive leadership team full of entrepreneurial ex-lawyers and medics, this is an organisation with an ambitious but fun feel, and a near 100% retention rate. Offering hybrid working, stock options and genuine career development opportunities, the business has carved out a real niche, which it stands to benefit from for the long term.

About the role:

A newly created Senior Legal Counsel role, reporting directly into the senior leadership, working closely with a co-founder who is a former City lawyer. Your primary focus will be on owning the IP strategy, encompassing brand protection, complex trademarks and enforcement matters. You will also advise on IP considerations in relation to corporate acquisitions and sales.

You will also be required to negotiate and review the likes of supplier, distribution, agency and manufacturing agreements as part of the small team. Additionally, you will ensure corporate governance compliance as necessary.

The position will manage two junior lawyers, and will require a presence in the West London offices on a hybrid working basis (three days).

About you:

You will be an intellectual property focused lawyer, trained in England Wales, or another major common law jurisdiction, with significant UK experience. The ideal combination will be practice training interspersed with in-house exposure (including secondments). While the guidance PQE level is 5-7 PQE, the organisation will happily look at lawyers different levels of relevant experience.

Brand protection experience and/or in-house exposure within e-commerce or consumer focused organisations will be welcome.

This is a rare in-house IP legal role offering the significant incentive of stock options, within a successful business that is set to hit new heights this year. Alongside an excellent salary, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package and supportive working environment.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates