Trade Mark Attorney/ Trade Marks Attorney (Associate-Senior Associate/Special Counsel)

Afl Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work Flexibility

Generous leave entitlements

Paid parental leave

Health/well-being

Charity

Job summary

AFL Recruitment Pty Ltd. is seeking an experienced Trade Mark Attorney to join a premier national IP firm in Sydney. You will own a TM practice, manage client matters and mentor junior staff.

You will work with top clients on a full spectrum of TM issues, including searches, registration, prosecution, oppositions, licensing and enforcement, while contributing to business development and firm growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-15+ years as a registered trademark attorney and/or TM lawyer.
• Strong knowledge of current trademark law and practice.
• Excellent communication, people/leadership, and commercial acumen.
• Willing to relocate to Sydney and contribute to business development.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of your own TM practice and clients.
• Advise a diverse client base on a full spectrum of TM issues (research, searches, registration, prosecution, opposition, licensing, enforcement).
• Mentor junior TM attorneys/IP staff; contribute to team development.
• Partake in the firm’s business development/marketing initiatives.

Skills

Trademark law

Leadership

Business development

Client management

Job description

Trade Mark Attorney/Trade Marks Attorney [Associate-Senior Associate/Special Counsel]

**Aim for the APEX! ** Elite firm. Juicy cases/blue chip clients. 1st class mentors. Endless development opps. Full-time or Part-time (4 days/week). SYDNEY. $120,000-$220,000. Extra Perks. Life friendly.

YOUR NEW EMPLOYER

Our client is an elite national ‘holistic’ IP firm with an enviable success record renowned for its intellectual property law/trade marks expertise+ enviable local/international clients.

It attracts+ retains top IP professionals (long term) who desire acutting-edge IP career with an employer that supports and empowers them to be their best.

YOUR NEW ROLE

As a KEY senior member of their winning national TM team (led and being mentored by 2 industry leading TM specialist partners including the Head of TMs), you will relish:

• taking FULL OWNERSHIP of your own TM practice and clients;
• advising a diverse client base in respect of a full spectrum of TM issues relating to research, searches, brand selection strategies, registration, prosecution of TMs (and non-TMs cases eg copyright, domain names), opposition, non-use and licensing, risk management/regulatory compliance and working closely with internal IP/TM lawyers in relation to infringement actions & dispute resolution/litigation of TMs.
• mentoring junior TM attorneys/IP staff;
• partaking in the firm’s business development/marketing initiatives.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of a premier national integrated IP firm with an enviable reputation;
• Engage in ‘crème de la crème’ cases for top clients;
• Enviable mentors- be inspired+ learn from the best of the best industry leading expert partners +colleagues;
• Ongoing learning + advancement opportunities;
• Opportunity to develop your leadership/commercial/business development skills;
• An employer that heavily invests in their staff;
• Values/Culture-diversity+ inclusion, integrity, mutual respect, innovation, excellence, ongoing learning, collaboration, life friendly+ social/community responsibility;
• Work Flexibility (including WFH)+ Additional Perks (generous leave entitlements, paid parental leave, health/well-being, charity)+ extra rewards (bonuses/recognition).

WHO YOU ARE

We are interested in hearing from you if you:

• have a minimum of 4-15+years as a registered trademark attorney and/or TM lawyer (and happy to practice as a TM attorney);
• have strong technical knowledge of current trademark law+ practice (including prosecution process, opposition proceedings and enforcement of TMs);
• have strong communication/people/leadership skills+ commercial acumen;
• have proven experience in business development/marketing OR keen to partake in such (if no experience);
• are ambitious and aspire to be a leader with your own practice/team;
• are willing and able to relocate to Sydney.