Patent Litigation Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom DLA Piper Full time

We are seeking a Patent Litigation Senior Associate to join our Intellectual Property and Technology group in London.

The IPT Group at DLA Piper is a global team that operates across more than 40 countries, providing a unique combination of global insight and local knowledge. As a Patent Litigation Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to work on a broad range of innovation-related work, including patent and trade secret disputes, with a primary focus on UK litigation and ADR.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Patent and trade secrets non-contentious advisory, such as IP audits, and advising on policies, procedures, and contractual terms to maximise returns on R&D investment and minimise patent risk;
  • Patent and trade secret transactions: drafting and negotiating assignments, licences, R&D agreements and JVs;
  • Patent and trade secret related corporate support such as due diligence, SPA contractual terms, IP aspects of employment agreements, patent assignments and patent licensing.

As a Senior Associate, you will also have the opportunity to take an active role in the management and development of client relationships, as well as playing a role in supervising and training more junior team members. We are looking for someone with strong Technology sector and/or Life Sciences sector experience, ideally gained working with colleagues (or other lawyers) in a global setting, and a passion for those sectors.

Our team has a deep technical bench, with lawyers who have advanced degrees and/or experience in most technical areas, especially electronics, computer science, telecommunications and wireless, pharma and biotech, medical devices, chemical engineering, materials and automotive. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people. We are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.



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