IP Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson Wealth Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced IP Partner to enhance its growing intellectual property team. The successful candidate will manage IP disputes, draft agreements, and mentor junior staff. With a commitment to a collaborative culture and focus on innovation, this position promises to develop your career while offering flexibility in working patterns. Applicants must be qualified solicitors with deep UK IP law experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in building and sustaining a UK IP law practice.
• In-depth understanding of market trends impacting clients.
• Ability to demonstrate revenue prioritisation.

Responsibilities

• Bring expertise to the team and enhance the IP practice.
• Draft and negotiate IP agreements.
• Work closely with colleagues in the USA.

Skills

IP disputes experience

Negotiation skills

Coaching and mentoring

Sector/market understanding

Process improvement

Education

Qualified Solicitor in the UK

Job description

Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton

Contract Type:

Permanent

Work location:

Hybrid

IP Partner (0887)

Credited in tier 1 of the Legal 500 as handlingsignificant international IP cases, our established intellectual property team works with a broad spectrum of national and international clients. Quoted in Chambers Directory as offering a "refreshing ability to blend expert advice with human empathy and people skills across all levels" we deal with the full range of IP rights, handling disputes, transactional matters, trade mark and design prosecution, and general strategic advice within a single integrated unit.

The team supports 8 UK locations andworks with our wider team of more than 250IP specialist professionals in our 29 US offices.

We now have an opportunity for a Partner to join the growing team, working closely in conjunction with our Head of IP (and recent Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year) James Love .

What we're looking for?

We're looking for a committed Partner to bring expertise to the team and further enhance and develop our impressive IP practice. You'll need experience in IP disputes across IP rights, as well as with drafting and negotiating IP agreements (such as assignments, licences, confidentiality agreements and research and development agreements). The role will also see you working with our colleagues in the USA. As well as driving our business forward, you'll have an equally important role to play in the development of our people, coaching and mentoring and taking responsibility for their career development. Click to read more about our IP offering here.

To be successful in this role, you'll need as a minimum:

• Experience of building and sustaining a UK IP law practice.
• An in-depth sector/market understanding and the impact of trends on clients.
• The ability to demonstrate a thorough understanding of revenue prioritisation.
• An effective coach and sounding board for team members giving a clear sense of direction and purpose.
• The ability to actively seek out opportunities for innovation and create process improvements.
• A role model with a commercial mind-set who ensures efficiency.
• An external profile as a leader in this field.
• An understandingofhow the provision of legal services should be delivered at a top 20 UK law firm.
• To be qualified as a Solicitor in the UK.

What's in it for you?

We have a strong, collaborative culture where success is rewarded and our people are supported and encouraged to achieve their potential, whatever their role in the business. That means you'll benefit from a hugely talented group of business professionals all of whom are enthusiastic and committed to the success of our business and ready to support your practice development whether that's through sector or business development advice and support, learning and development opportunities or technology and innovation.

We have a range of innovative solutions for our clients and the IP team are fully embracing those technologies and practices, all designed to make your life, and those of your clients, that much easier. You can read more about WBD Advance, and what it can do to support you,here .

We recognise that just because you're a senior lawyer, your need for career development doesn't end there. Our Learning and Development team have worked with best-in-class providers, to design a number of masterclasses for partners intended to enhance your leadership and business skills.

What makes it great to work here?

We continuallywork hard to create an open culturethatsetsusapart from other firms.Ourculture givesusmuch more of a humanfeel,emphasisingthatwe're more than just suits!

As signatoriesto the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to usthatourpeople are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources andinitiativesdesigned tosupporthealth and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns.

Through our DEI initiativeswe create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and InclusionGroup, led byourBoard Sponsor, which workswithourcolleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women's career development and we're in constantdialoguewithourpeople about how we expandournetworks to bettersupporteverybody). Find out more about ED&I at WBD here . We encourageapplicants from all social backgrounds,ethnicities,disabilities, genderidentities and sexualorientations.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long term condition and need us to make any adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the recruiter on the right hand side of this page. Please also let us know if you need this job advert or the application form in a different format.

We will offer an interview to candidates with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria for this role. You can opt into this scheme within the application form. Your response to this question is only used for this purpose, is only visible to the recruitment team and is not used for data monitoring.

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