Senior IP Lawyer (B2C iGaming, multiple locations)

APAC IKonect; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An international corporate entity is seeking a Senior IP Lawyer to manage iGaming B2C investments and provide strategic advisory across business growth and operational excellence. This role, based in Dubai, requires extensive IP law expertise and strong leadership skills to mentor a team. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in global brand protection and a proven record in high-stakes disputes.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Potential career advancement

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on IP work in global brand protection and domain dispute enforcement.
• Proven wins in oppositions and at least one multi-country litigation or settlement.
• Proficiency with leading IP-management platforms and strong contract-drafting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design the annual filing and renewal roadmap by IP type and territory.
• Oversee clearance, prosecution, and manage examiner actions and renewals.
• Lead settlements and supervise external lawyers in multi-jurisdictional IP matters.

Skills

LL.B. / JD

Hands-on IP work

Contract-drafting skills

Fluent English

Data-driven mindset

Education

Active licence to practise law

Tools

Corsearch

MarkMonitor

Red Points

Excel / Sheets

Job description

Overview

Senior IP Lawyer (B2C iGaming, multiple locations) – our client is an international corporate entity with offices in Bangkok, Dubai, and Malta. The role focuses on managing iGaming B2C investments and providing strategic advisory across business growth, market expansion, and operational excellence.

Reporting line : Head of IP

Primary locations : Bangkok | Dubai | Malta

Headcount : 3

Responsibilities

• Design the annual filing and renewal roadmap by IP type, territory, class, and budget.
• Continuously audit the portfolio, identify gaps, and recommend defensive or offensive filings.
• Clearance and prosecution: Oversee knockout and full searches, issue legal researches and opinions, and approve go / no-go decisions.
• Direct outside agents on national and Madrid filings; manage examiner actions, renewals, and recordals.
• Target ≥ 90 % registration success across all applications.
• Audit and keep updated internal IP registry.
• Lead copyrights registrations for different types of IP.
• Enforcement and dispute resolution: Decide on oppositions, cancellations, DMCA notices, UDRP / URS complaints, customs seizures, platform takedowns, and litigation.
• Lead settlement negotiations and supervise external lawyers in multi-jurisdictional IP matters.
• Ensure strategic use of registrars and platform abuse channels for efficient IP enforcement and domain recovery.
• Track and report cost-benefit metrics for every action.
• Commercial support: Draft and negotiate IP clauses in licensing, distribution, M&A, and technology agreements.
• Advise Marketing, Product, R&D, and HR on proper trademark and copyright usage.
• Digital brand protection: Oversee monitoring and legal escalation of infringements across domains, app stores, ads, social media, and code repositories.
• Authorize rapid takedowns through registrars, Netcraft, Cloudflare, Google TCRP, etc.
• Governance and reporting: Maintain an audit-ready docket and a live risk dashboard; deliver concise weekly updates to the Head of IP and quarterly IP heat-maps to the Board.
• Leadership: Mentor enforcement specialists and paralegals; build SOPs and playbooks; drive continuous improvement to cut cycle times and external spend.

Qualifications

• LL.B. / JD and an active licence to practise law in at least one jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of hands-on IP work, including global brand protection, takedown and domain dispute enforcement, and contested matters.
• Proven wins in oppositions, UDRP / URS, and at least one multi-country litigation or high-value settlement.
• Strong contract-drafting skills for licensing and tech transactions.
• Fluent English; an additional Asian or EU language is an advantage.
• Proficiency with leading IP-management and brand-monitoring platforms (Corsearch, MarkMonitor, Red Points) plus solid Excel / Sheets capability.

Key attributes

• Decisive under time pressure; comfortable acting on incomplete data.
• Clear, persuasive writer and negotiator.
• Data-driven mindset; tracks ROI on every initiative.
• High integrity with strict confidentiality standards.
• Natural mentor who elevates team performance.

Success metrics (first 12 months)

• All critical filings, renewals, and recordals completed on or before deadline.
• 24-hour first response to high-risk infringements; average takedown ≤ 3 days.
• USD 500k in documented cost avoidance or recoveries.
• At least two new SOPs implemented that reduce prosecution or enforcement cycle time by 15%.

Compensation and growth

• Senior-tier base salary benchmarked to top-quartile local market.
• Annual performance bonus tied to KPI achievement.
• Potential advancement to Deputy Head of IP or Regional IP Lead within 18–24 months based on results.