About the Company - leading global professional services consultancy seeks Legal Director to lead on IP strategy across the global business as part of their highly skilled in-house legal team. About the Role - Offering an interesting and broad spread of work advising on a range of UK, EU and international IP matters, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, due diligence for IP transactions and M&A activities, cybersecurity, coordinating and protecting the trademark portfolio, refining the patent strategy across the business and analysing infringement risk. The role will also include horizon scanning for new developments and advising on all new potential compliance obligations, instructing on and working with external counsel and collaborating with colleagues in the global team and across the international offices.

Responsibilities - It will be to engage at senior level, across jurisdictions, in order to influence strategy and approach to protect and promote IP developed by the business, in addition to substantive legal advisory work and negotiations.

Qualifications - You will have over 15 years’ PQE and proven experience as an IP lawyer, with extensive expertise advising on global IP strategy and implementation, complex IP matters and managing IP portfolios across jurisdictions, from a top tier City law firm and/or in-house. In addition, you will have experience of emerging technologies including AI.

Required Skills - This will suit a seasoned and experienced leader of IP strategy used to dealing at board and partner level with gravitas, business acumen and who can improve processes across the business. A calm and proactive attitude is important; the ideal candidate will be versatile, efficient, credible, persuasive, with the ability to prioritise and adapt to changing circumstances in a challenging, fast-paced environment.

Hybrid working, collegiate team, excellent salary and benefits package on offer.