Life Sciences IP transactions and commercialisation Associate

3 days ago


London, UK, United Kingdom myGwork Full time

This job is with Taylor Wessing, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Patents team, with the addition of a Life Sciences IP transactions and commercialisation Associate / Senior Associate.

The opportunity for you

The firm goes to market via its sectors. Life sciences is a key commercial sector focus, alongside technology. The firm's 90 lawyers in its burgeoning life sciences sector group work with ambitious, innovative clients to build their businesses globally across pharma, biotechnology, medical devices, and digital health.

Our 150-strong international Intellectual Property/Information Technology group is one of the most highly respected around the world. Due to the strength and depth of our expertise, Taylor Wessing has an outstanding reputation in the field of IP and IT.

Key responsibilities

  • To draft, review and advise on a wide range of complex IP agreements, biopharma partnering arrangements and other commercial contracts in the life science and healthcare sectors. Our client base spans the pharmaceutical, biotech (including AIDD, techbio, synbio and industrial biotech), medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare sectors, and ranges from the most sophisticated multinational companies and investors to some of the world's most innovative venture-backed early- and growth-stage companies.
  • Your work will often be at the cutting edge of technology commercialization, and you will have a real and direct impact on our client's growth and on patient outcomes by supporting our clients to bring to market new therapies, platforms and other products based on each new wave of technology. You will be immersed in an exciting, face-paced ecosystem, with as much client contact as you can handle with some of the world's brightest-founder entrepreneurs and most insightful investors. Depending on experience, you will be expected to communicate with clients independently and under supervision (whether via email, on the phone or in person).
  • The majority of your work will be life-science and healthcare related, but there will be also opportunities in the deeptech sector (e.g. semiconductors, fusion and other energy generation tech, battery tech, graphene and other novel materials, robotics, quantum computing, cryptography, large-language model development etc) and in neighbouring fields such as the cleantech, defence tech and space tech sectors.
Knowledge, skills and experience
  • Excellent academics -STEM undergraduate degree in a technical area is helpful but not required.
  • A qualified solicitor with 2-6 PQE and relevant legal experience gained from a top tier UK or international practice.
  • Prior experience in a well-regarded life sciences team, advising a range of clients within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and/or medtech industries.
  • Strong IP background with transactional / commercial deal experience, including the ability to advise on complex licensing deals and commercial arrangements.
  • Excellent prior experience of advising, drafting, and reviewing contracts and agreements

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week)
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child).

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

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