Associate
Clyde & Co عرض جميع الوظائف
- جدة
- دائم
- دوام كامل
- Advising on the protection, registration (excluding prosecution) and licensing of patents, copyright and trademarks, drafting and negotiating a range of commercial contracts including IP licences.
- Carrying out research on TMT legal issues including telecoms and media regulation, cloud computing, software development and licensing, content distribution, e-commerce, mobile payments, data protection and cybersecurity.
- Advising clients on the identification and ability to protect the full spectrum of IP rights, including knowledge of the registration process. The role will not involve any IP prosecution capability.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating stand-alone IP agreements including IP licences and franchise agreements.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating IP provisions within a wide range of other commercial agreements in the hospitality, education and projects and construction sectors.
- Supporting M&A and corporate transactions and other wider projects with specialist IP and TMT due diligence, research and ancillary contracts.
- Drafting advice to clients on IP and TMT legal issues.
- Drafting various commercial agreements covering supply, distribution, consultancy and advertising.
- Supporting the TMT team on larger-scale technology procurement, transformational IT and outsourcing projects.
- Assisting with the preparation and delivery of proposals, pitches, presentations and legal training materials.
- Bilingual (Arabic/English)
- A PQE level of 3-5 years post qualification experience;
- A strong academic background, training and experience gained with a well-recognised firm or business;
- 2:1 (or higher) degree classification (or equivalent).
- Training and experience gained from a large-scale international or regional top tier firm, with an established presence in the IP/TMT sector;
- A genuine interest in developing their career with the leading IP/TMT practice in the Middle East;
- Good drafting skills with a keen attention to detail, preferably with experience in drafting basic commercial contracts (e.g. NDAs) and the ability to contribute to more complex agreements;
- Experience in carrying out detailed and methodical legal research using available resources;
- Experience in liaising with and co-ordinating advice from foreign correspondent counsel in the Middle East would be an advantage;
- Confidence and initiative with a keenness to assume responsibility, work independently and take a pro-active and commercial approach to solving issues;
- Strong interpersonal skills and an interest in marketing and business development;
- Clear and demonstrable commitment to developing your career in the Middle East;
- Experience in drafting pitches and proposal documents for legal work would be an advantage; and
- Experience in the preparation of legal training material and/or delivery of training seminars or lectures would be an advantage.