We have an exciting new opportunity for an Associate or Senior Associate with contentious trade mark, copyright and designs experience to join our highly regarded IP Disputes team in London.

The team has seen significant growth over recent years which is reflected in its move up the rankings in all the IP directories. This role offers an opportunity to be involved in varied and multi-disciplinary IP work, often with an international focus. Our collegiate and supportive culture makes Osborne Clarke a rewarding and dynamic place to work.

The practice

Our IP Disputes team is known for acting in high profile, high value IP litigation with an international element, as well as advising on IP strategy and handling portfolio management matters for internationally recognised brands. We are currently acting in contentious IP matters in the High Court, Court of Appeal, General Court, EUIPO and UKIPO.

We act for leading businesses in the TMC, retail & consumer, life sciences and financial services sectors. Our sector-focussed approach ensures that we have valuable expertise in the areas in which our clients operate and deep understanding of the issues that they face.

Osborne Clarke's reputation as a technology-led firm pervades our IP expertise and means that many of the IP disputes we advise on have an internet/e-commerce/social media/ high tech element.

To find out more, please see the link below:

https://www.osborneclarke.com/services/intellectual-property/ip-disputes/

The team

Our IP Disputes team in London is led by Arty Rajendra and 5 further Partners (Will James, Robert Guthrie, Richard May, Trevor Crosse and Tim Harris) working with 2 Associate Directors, 4 Senior Associates, 6 Associates, 4 Paralegals and 2 Trainee Solicitors and 1 Trade Mark Formalities Assistant. We are proud of our collegiate and collaborative approach, and are committed to building a strong supportive Associate team. This role will be working directly with the Partners on largely contentious soft IP matters and other soft IP advisory issues, while being able to effectively delegate to the more junior members of the team.

Technical skills and experience

You will have gained excellent technical expertise and credible experience in trade mark, copyright and design disputes, and will be comfortable working directly with clients, counsel and witnesses. You will have solid IP litigation experience gained at a well-respected firm, and be able to horizon-spot important IP issues facing in-house IP/legal teams.

Due to the highly specialised nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to hire a Senior Associate, although we would consider candidates with more or less experience.

The team is expanding rapidly, so this role would suit someone who is looking to be part of a dynamic team and to take a leading role in business development and marketing initiatives to support our growths.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

• clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
• high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
• thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
• robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
• reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

For more information or to apply

At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Angharad Jenkins in the Recruitment team on 0117 917 3127 or email Angharad.jenkins@osborneclarke.com

Being an inclusive employer is important to us and we are committed to ensuring every applicant's recruitment experience is free from unnecessary barriers. If you have a dis/ability+, to include physical disability, hidden disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergence and meet the requirements listed in this job advert, we would be delighted to offer you a guaranteed interview.

Please note we are not currently accepting agency CVs for this position. If you would like to make an application please do so directly.

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can. We value the health and wellbeing of our people: for example, we're signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, have an active network of mental health champions and offer free initiatives and flexible benefits to all our people.

Being an inclusive employer is important to us. We have made a number of external commitments such as the Race Fairness Commitment and Women in Law Pledge, and are working with organisations like Stonewall to become a more inclusive employer.

Osborne Clarke is a Living Wage Employer, so we're committed to paying everybody in our business enough to live on and to enable them to save for the future.

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