Intellectual Property Solicitor
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £41000.00 - £52000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 27 Feb 2018
- Reference
- BBBH16666
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- Practice area
- Intellectual property
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- Newly qualified, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
Intellectual Property Solicitor
Leeds
Our client is a leading multi-service, international law firm situated in the heart of Leeds city centre.
They are looking for a technically strong junior IP lawyer (up to 5 years PQE) to join their market leading Intellectual Property team.
The role will be working with some of the leading intellectual property lawyers in the North on a mixture contentious and non-contentious IP work including trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, database rights and confidentiality.
The work is excellent in quality advising a number of blue chip, national and international ''heavyweight'' clients across a multitude of sectors including tech, pharma, financial services and media, sport and entertainment.
The right candidate will be either a newly qualified lawyer with at least 6 months doing a seat in intellectual property at a large regional/city firm or specialist boutique, or a junior Solicitor up to around 5 years PQE who has worked at a similar practice.
The salary and benefits package is market leading, as is the exposure to top quality work. The Partners here are approachable, and you will have access to a varied mix of cases from the outset.
If you would like to hear more about this role then please contact Graham Rawlinson at QED Legal for a confidential chat.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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