Sr Trademark Counsel

Company profile; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 374,000 - 563,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy firm in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced legal professional to manage trademark applications and provide strategic legal advice. The ideal candidate will have a Juris Doctorate, at least 12 years of relevant experience, and the capacity for international travel. This role offers competitive remuneration and the opportunity to work on global projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of hands-on trademark and copyright experience.
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state.
• Demonstrated ability to engage business line leaders.

Responsibilities

• Managing outside counsel in preparing trademark applications.
• Drafting and negotiating trademark agreements.
• Providing legal advice on trademark strategies.

Skills

Trademark portfolio management

Legal advising

Client counseling

Education

Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Aramco energizes the world economy. Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a ’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of trademark applications
• Trademark portfolio management.
• Counseling clients.
• Providing IP education to clients on various IP-related topics.
• Providing legal advice in the areas of trademark portfolio strategies.
• The opportunity to draft and negotiate trademark agreements and IP licenses.

Minimum Requirements

• A Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent.
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
• Minimum 12 years of hands-on trademark and copyright experience working for a law firm or as in-house counsel. This experience should include trademark clearance, registration, license and branding agreements, as well as trademark infringement.
• USPTO patent bar but not required for this trademark position.
• Pragmatic, business-oriented, approach to challenges and competing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to engage business line leaders to drive implementation of new procedures and legal requirements in a timely manner.
• Capable of international travel.
• Sound judgment and unwavering ethics.

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 07/01/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.