IP Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Laurence Simons
- Location
- Italy
- Salary
- £7913.31 - £79133.10 per annum
- Posted
- 31 Jul 2014
- Closes
- 28 Aug 2014
- Ref
- NR780290LS
- Contact
- Nicoletta Ravida
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
Laurence Simons International has been exclusively retained by a multinational group operating in the clothing and fashion industry to recruit an IP Legal Counsel.
Reporting directly to the General Counsel you will be joining a team of 4 lawyers and be based at the group's headquarters in Rome.
You will be managing and protecting the group's global trade mark and domain name portfolio, including IP litigation, specifically on trademark, patent, design, passing off and anti-counterfeit management. You will be required to work across the business advising the marketing, retail and advertising teams on IP content.
To qualify, you will have a minimum of 4-5 years of post qualified experience gained while working for a top international law firm or established multinational in intellectual property law, trademarks, IP litigation, brand protection/anti-counterfeit. Experience in handling IP Law issues on the internet will be strongly preferred. Fluency in English is essential to fill this role, knowledge of Italian will be considered useful and knowledge of French or of an additional European language will be considered a plus.
Please contact Nicoletta Ravida at Laurence Simons International at nicoletta.ravida@laurencesimons.com or telephone (+39) (02 58316804) quoting ref 780290 for further details.
About Laurence Simons
Founded in 1988, Laurence Simons is a specialist international legal and compliance recruitment consultancy. With offices across 4 continents, Laurence Simons truly is an international recruiter. We cover the whole spectrum of permanent and temporary legal and compliance positions in both the Private Practice and In-House markets from Newly Qualified through to Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer level roles.