Position: Intellectual Property Counsel
Company: Deep Knowledge Group
Category: Other
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-11-01T00:00:00+02:00

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Counsel internal clients on IP risks and opportunities.
- Review and assist in the drafting and/or negotiation of nondisclosure, research, license, and other agreements involving the use, transfer, or ownership of intellectual property.
- Assess and advise on IP risks and opportunities in complex transactions.
- Provide IP due diligence support for corporate development activities and manage patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, validity, and regulatory exclusivity analyses.
- Provide support for adversarial proceedings involving company technology or products, including IP litigation, European oppositions.
- Develop a deep knowledge of the Company’s existing and planned research and development programs, business activities, and product candidates in the context of competitor activities, industry trends, best practices, laws, and regulations affecting IP.
- Train internal client groups to promote awareness of IP and its implications on various functions within the organization.

About you:
- Experience in IT and GDPR
- A minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience in a law firm and/or in-house setting, with experience in the pharmaceutical, life science, and/or biotechnology industry highly preferred.
- Knowledge of the role of an IP strategy in life cycle management.
- Ability to approach IP creation and protection with a strategic mindset by anticipating future business, competitive and legal risks, and opportunities and offering creative solutions.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating IP terms in business transactions required.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to creatively resolve business issues.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Flexibility, willingness, and ability to take on diverse tasks.