Experienced Legal Counsel (f/m/d) Trademarks

Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG; Erlangen; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Siemens Energy is seeking an Experienced Legal Counsel to support their trademark operations, ensuring brand protection and compliance on a global scale. This role involves providing expert legal advice, managing trademark portfolios, and collaborating with various teams in a dynamic environment.

Leistungen

Employer-financed company pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Childcare support

Sabbatical options

Qualifikationen

• Fully qualified legal attorney, ideally admitted to the German bar.
• Long-term proven professional experience in trademark law.
• Deep understanding of EU and international trademark law.

Aufgaben

• Provide legal advice on trademark law including clearance and litigation.
• Manage the global trademark portfolio including prosecution and oppositions.
• Draft and negotiate trademark-related agreements.

Kenntnisse

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Ausbildung

German bar admission

Jobbeschreibung

"We energize society" by supporting our customers to make the transition to a more sustainable world, based on innovative technologies and our ability to turn ideas into reality. With nearly 100,000 employees around the world, we shape the energy systems of today and tomorrow.

Experienced Legal Counsel (f/m/d) Trademarks

About the Role

Location

Germany

Bayern

• Germany
• Berlin
• Berlin

Company

Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG

Organization

EVP Global Functions

Business Unit

Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced Professional

A Snapshot of Your Day

Our Siemens Energy Intellectual Property department drives differentiation in intellectual property to gain a market advantage by building a strong IP ecosystem that protects our technologies and innovations. Within this framework, our trademark team plays a vital role in safeguarding the identity and reputation of our brands.

As Senior Counsel (f/m/d) Trademarks you play a key role in shaping and protecting the global brand portfolio. Your day may begin with reviewing trademark clearance reports for new product names, followed by advising marketing and business teams on brand strategy and risk mitigation. You collaborate with colleagues across regions to coordinate filings, manage enforcement actions, and negotiate coexistence or license agreements. In the afternoon, you might lead a call with external law firm on a cross-border infringement case or provide input on IP clauses in a commercial agreement. Throughout the day, you act as a trusted advisor on trademark matters, monitor legal developments globally and provide internal training and guidance, ensuring our global brand assets are safeguarded and aligned with business goals.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Provide expert legal advice on all aspects of trademark law, including clearance, registration, enforcement, and litigation with a global scope
• Manage and develop the company’s global trademark portfolio, including prosecution, oppositions, and cancellation and
• Partner with branding, product, and commercial teams to ensure brand protection and compliance in all jurisdictions as well as close collaboration with colleagues in our global IP team in other locations as well as with colleagues from our Legal department
• Draft and negotiate trademark-related agreements, including licenses, coexistence agreements, and settlements
• Supervise and coordinate the work of external counsel globally to ensure high-quality, cost-effective legal support aligned with business objectives
• Counsel and support IP aspects of M&A, joint ventures, and other central initiatives

What You Bring

• Fully qualified legal attorney, ideally admitted to the German bar (Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt / Rechtsanwältin)
• Long-term proven professional experience in trademark law, preferably in an international corporate or law firm setting
• Deep understanding of EU, German, and international trademark law and practice; additional experience and knowledge of U.S. trademark law and practice would be a strong advantage
• High level of proficiency in verbal and written English. German and other languages are a plus
• Strong communication, negotiation, and analytical skills coupled with intercultural sensitivity
• Business-minded, proactive, and team-oriented individual who is self-motivated, adept at balancing multiple tasks, and thrives in a fast-paced global environment

About the Team

In our Business Functions we enable our organization to reach their targets by providing best-in class services and solutions in the areas of IT, HR, Finance, Real Estate, Strategy & Technology and more.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100.000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global communityismet reliably and sustainably.The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer-financed company pension scheme
• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder
• We offer our employees the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely, and our inspiring offices provide space for collaboration and creativity
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us. We provide them with the opportunities to learn and develop in a self-determined way, various attractive programmes and learning materials are available for this purpose
• In relation to the "compatibility of family and work", we have a wide range of offers, e.g. flexible working time models, childcare places at many locations, the possibility of trial part-time work or even a sabbatical

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.