Managing Associate (5+ PQE) - IP

The Group

The services provided by our Brands group embrace the full life cycle of a brand, from creation through to protection and enforcement. We are experts in trade mark and design filing, but we go beyond this. We add value to businesses by playing a strategic advisory role - finding the right legal strategy to best support your commercial strategy.

Our team of Partners, Associates, Trade Mark Attorneys and Paralegals means we can match the issue with the requisite level of expertise and experience. Whether your brand is new or established, or expanding into new markets, regions or sectors, we can ensure your rights are fully protected and ready for commercial exploitation.

We operate across five key areas - clearance (including acquisition), filing, monitoring, disputes and domain names - working in tandem with our IP disputes and commercial contracts groups. We have strong relationships with industry bodies across a variety of sectors and work closely with the UK and EU Intellectual Property Offices, and the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Our trade mark practice in The Netherlands, Mishcon de Reya IP B.V., represents our clients in EU Trade Mark and Design matters before the European Intellectual Property Office.

Duties and Responsibilities

The role will involve advising on a varied range of IP advisory and disputes work, particularly in relation to soft IP matters (trade marks, designs and copyright). This will include day-to-day portfolio management, and worldwide filing, prosecution and enforcement and Registry dispute work at the UKIPO and other IP offices around the world.

The candidate will have every opportunity to engage in all aspects of the life and business of both the IP team, the wider Innovation Department and the Firm, ranging from business development, client care, training and learning, social impact, health and well-being projects.

As a Managing Associate, you will be experienced, a self-starter, motivated and able to build relationships with clients and counterparties. You would be expected to help develop the junior members of the team and lead on client matters.

Skills/Experience

• At least 5 years PQE gained within IP in private practice.
• We welcome applications from qualified solicitors or qualified TM Attorneys.
• A passion for IP, with a solid grounding in its basics, and a commitment to building a career in IP.
• Experience of advising and leading on trade mark and design strategy, clearance, prosecution, monitoring, portfolio management and enforcement.
• Knowledge and experience of working with the UKIPO, EUIPO and WIPO.
• Excellent written and interpersonal skills.
• At all times exercise excellent client care skills in a professional and pleasant manner, in particular advocating for clients from both a technical and commercial perspective ensuring their best interest are prioritised while understanding the current and future landscape.
• Able to manage a diverse portfolio of client work alongside the Group partners.
• Able to work independently and manage a varied workload, ensuring excellent communication lines with Matter Partners and other fee-earners in the team.
• Excellent team working skills.
• Strong organisational and prioritising skills to meet the demands of challenging and commercial internal and external clients and competing priorities.
• Personable and confident, able to ensure good working relationships with colleagues, clients and external organisations.
• Resilient and calm under pressure.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrates a hunger to undertake business development activities, both internally amongst colleagues across the firm, and externally to existing and potential new clients.
• Takes responsibility for and attends to self-development.
• Use knowledge, AI and other technology to develop business opportunities, add value to key client relationships, and bring efficiencies to client service delivery.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1400 people withmore than 650 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

With presence in London,Oxford, Cambridge,Singapore, Hong Kong and UAE, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply.

The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, centred around three increasingly entwined and connected sectors: the Innovation Economy, Private Wealth and Capital, and Real Estate. The firm is known as a disputes powerhouse with a formidable capacity firmwide for dispute resolution.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.