Stobbs
Job title:
Commercial Solicitor (IA Executive)
Company
Stobbs
Job description
Position: Permanent, full timeClosing date: 16th December 2024We’re hiring!We are looking for a 4-6 PQE commercial contracts and soft IP solicitor to join our Commercial practice.Our Commercial team:Currently a team of 5, looking to be a team of 6.Not so secret law geeks with genuine enthusiasm for the areas we practice in.Senior lawyers with a lot of experience, both private practice and in-house. Junior lawyers with a lot of talent.Varied and interesting workload, including… general commercial and contract advice, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, soft IP advice, and providing in-house support.Clients range from household names to SMEs and start-ups across a range of sectors.We are expanding the practice and we are now looking for someone to fill a mid-level role in the team.Essential skills and experience:4-6 years PQE as a qualified solicitor admitted in England and Wales.In-house experience (permanent or secondment) valued.Majority of post qualified experience being in commercial contract and advisory work (non-contentious).Good working knowledge of (and enthusiasm for!) soft IP.Strong analytical and communication skills.Excellence in drafting, negotiating, and working with clients.Ability to apply a ‘commercial’ approach to advice. We love legal analysis, but we also know how to apply it to each client’s specific circumstances and provide pragmatic advice.Team player. Supporting each other is the foundation of our team and a really important part of how we work.Working at Stobbs:Firm culture is important at Stobbs – we are friendly, social, approachable and we look after each other.We value spending time together and regularly provide our own social and professional events.We manage the rights of some fantastic clients – obviously that means our advice has to be legally sound, but it’s also about it being business savvy.We’re not internally competitive (except when it comes to sports and quizzes!).We lift each other up and we have each other’s backs.We’re certainly not run with an iron fist. We want our people to bring their whole selves to work, wanting to perform well, learn from mistakes and to feel comfortable asking questions. We are committed to each other’s development and wellbeing, and helping each other to continue to improve and be the best we can be.Our head office is north of Cambridge, with an office in central London. We are trying to strike a good balance of supporting people to work flexibly while delivering for our clients and making Stobbs an attractive place to work.Our current hybrid working policy is a minimum requirement of two days in the office, encouraging people in more if possible. We may ask you to be based in the office a bit more during the first six-months to help settle you in and integrate you into the team. Those seeking a part-time role may also be considered.INDADStobbs is a niche intellectual property practice that recognises that to give the best advice on brands, you need to take a more strategic and holistic approach than pure trade mark expertise. To that end, we launched the concept of Intangible Asset Management.We have a breadth of capability that goes far beyond the scope of any other IP firm and encompasses trade marks, designs and copyright, litigation, disputes, commercial contracts, brand intelligence, brand extension (licensing), systems, online brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and brand restructuring.Formed in 2013 with 18 people, today we have over 200 professionals based in Cambridge, London, Dublin, Eindhoven and Munich.Telephone:
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Expected salary
£65000 – 78000 per year
Location
Cambridge
Job date
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:43:21 GMT
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