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Job Title
IP (Patents) Disputes Senior Associate/Associate Director
Closing Date
30-May-2024
Department
IP Disputes
Job Location
London
Role
Lawyers
Description
We have an exciting new
opportunity for a Senior Associate or Associate Director to join our
IP Disputes team in London to play a key role in our patent disputes
practice, particularly within the life sciences sector. The role has
arisen following a number of high profile partner arrivals in recent
years and an increase in the team's life sciences patent litigation caseload.
The practice
Our IP Disputes team is known for
acting in high profile, high value IP litigation with an
international element. We are currently acting in patent matters
relating to a range of technologies including small-molecule
pharmaceuticals, therapeutic antibodies and other
biopharmaceuticals, telecommunications systems, electronics, and
industrial chemicals.
We act for leading brands in the
life sciences, digital business, retail & consumer, transport
& automotive, and energy 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.
The team
Our IP Disputes team is led by
Arty Rajendra and this role will work closely with Will James, Tim
Harris, Trevor Crosse, and Arty on patent matters. The London IP
Disputes team is currently made up of 6 Partners, 2 Associate
Director, 3 Senior Associates, 7 Associates, 2 Trainee Solicitors, 4
Paralegals and 1 Formalities Assistant. The London team also works
closely with colleagues in the Bristol IP team.
Technical skills and experience
You will have gained broad
knowledge and experience of patent disputes at a firm with a
well-regarded patents practice. Experience of disputes in the life
sciences sector is essential to the role and previous qualifications
in biochemistry, biology, similar areas is also essential. Due to
the highly technical nature of the work and the structure of the
team, we are looking to hire a Senior Associate or a Associate Director.
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
generousbenefits.
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 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
with 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.
We want you to be able to show us your best during the
recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to be made
during the application, interview process or when working with us,
please let us know.