Lead Life Sciences Patent Attorney

Sacco Mann; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player offers a unique opportunity for a patent attorney looking to engage closely with clients in the Chemistry and Biochemistry sectors. This role combines the flexibility of a quasi in-house position with the excitement of managing a diverse portfolio. You'll be trusted to handle everything from client management to drafting and prosecution of patents, with a clear path to partnership. The company rewards entrepreneurial thinking with a competitive salary and bonus structure, alongside options for hybrid working arrangements. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in patent law with a focus on chemistry and biochemistry.
• Strong client management skills and ability to handle a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own portfolio and engage with clients directly.
• Provide advice on innovation, trade secrets, and patent prosecution.

Skills

Patent Law

Client Management

Chemistry Knowledge

Biochemistry Knowledge

Biotech Expertise

Education

Degree in Law

Specialization in Chemistry or Biochemistry

Job description

Tired of being arms length from your clients? This quasi in-house approach offers the ideal combination of variety in client base with the strategic involvement that you'd get working as a patent attorney in industry. From the outset you will be trusted to be responsible for your own portfolio, client management and hands on engagement from innovation and trade secrets advice to drafting and prosecution, licensing, assignments, acquisition and sales of patents.

There is a wealth of work available in the Chemistry and Biochemistry sectors as well as scope to develop more of a specialist Biotech practice with a direct and tangible path to partnership.

With a very healthy base salary as well as bonus structure, this is a business with a genuinely different approach to rewarding entrepreneurial thinking and action: what you put in, you get out with more besides! With offices in Oxford and London, there is plenty of scope for geographical flexibility as well as hybrid working, both with colleagues and on site with clients.

For a conversation in confidence, please do contact Catherine French on 0113 467 9790 or via: [e-mail]