Senior Counsel (Brand Licencing & Protection)

Taylor Root; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned luxury retailer seeks a Senior Counsel for Brand Protection & Licensing, based in London. The role involves drafting and negotiating licensing agreements, providing legal advice, and supporting the growth of the brand licensing business. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in IP law and brand licensing, with at least 5 years of relevant post-qualification experience. A highly competitive salary and company benefits are offered for this 9-10 months contract.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Company benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience in relevant fields.
• Experience in a reputable private practice firm and in-house.
• Strong grounding in drafting worldwide IP licenses.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate license agreements with licensees.
• Provide commercial legal advice on licensing matters.
• Support commercial teams in managing licensing agreements.
• Create and update relevant legal documents and training sessions.

Skills

Intellectual property law

Brand licensing industry practices

Legal drafting

Commercial awareness

Ability to work under tight deadlines

Education

Trained and qualified as a lawyer

Job description

Overview

Don’t miss out on this excellent opportunity to join a luxury brand as their senior counsel for Brand Protection & Brand Licensing!

Contract duration: 9-10 months with good opportunity for extensions

The business

A globally renowned luxury retailer with an excellent reputation in the market. This is a business people love working at and a brand name that everyone knows! The legal team are highly valued, integral to the commercial objectives of the business, and have an excellent reputation in the industry.

The role

Working in the commercial legal team and bringing your knowledge of intellectual property law and brand licensing industry practices to support the growth of the Group's brand licensing business.

• Responsible for drafting and working with Licensing team to negotiate licence agreements with licensees in relation to branded consumer products and branded retail operations;
• Responding to day-to-day enquiries from internal clients and external counterparties and providing commercially minded legal advice in relation to licensing matters;
• Supporting commercial teams in their ongoing management of the licensing agreement (including acting as the Legal team point of contact on the matters you are working on)
• Preparing know how on relevant legal/contractual issues and running department-wide training sessions to share know-how;
• Creating and updating template documents and "playbooks" to make workstreams in this area more efficient;
• You will also support the business in relation to other commercial agreements, for example in relation to marketing, commercial partnerships and key supplier agreements when required.
• Opportunity to be involved in wider matters outside of brand licensing and protection
• Supervising junior lawyers on brand licensing matters when needed.

Experience required

• Trained and qualified as a lawyer - essential
• Experience/ grounding in a reputable private practice firm as well as in-house is desirable
• Worked as part of an in-house legal team with experience of drafting worldwide IP licenses in relation to merchandise, apparel and consumer goods.
• The successful candidate would likely have 5+ years of relevant post-qualification experience, but we are prepared to consider exceptional candidates outside this range;
• Strong and varied experience of legal drafting of licensing and other commercial agreements;
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment and to tight deadlines;
• Strong knowledge and understanding of intellectual property law AND brand licensing industry practices is essential.
• Experience in FMCG/Retail/Luxury Goods or a media/entertainment business with strong merchandising and consumer goods function where brand licensing is a large focus for the business growth.

Please note, whilst other commercial agreements are likely to come up in this role, we are seeking candidates with strong experience and specialism with brand licensing.

Salary & Office

Salary: Highly competitive salary and company benefits!

Office: London HQ based - 3 days a week ideally. Please note, fully remote workers will not work for this position.

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