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Senior Patent Counsel - Biopharma

Employer
Barrington James
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
Comprehensive Package
Start date
18 Aug 2021
Closing date
17 Sep 2021

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Discipline
Finance / Administration, Legal
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Experienced (non-manager)

Job Details

My client a market leading, multinational biopharmaceutical company are looking to bring an experienced Senior Patent Attorney into their IP team. The Senior Patent Counsel will assume responsibility for all aspects of IP matters arising from development projects and technology platforms; alongside provision of IP counselling to functional teams within the business. If you are a fully qualified Patent Attorney with experience within Biologics, please read on;

Responsibilities;

  • Manage independently all aspects of a given global IP portfolio, including conducting drafting and prosecution work, and providing IP advisory service to the R&D and business units
  • Support, devise and implement IP strategy on a global level for therapeutic programs including a rapidly growing gene therapy pipeline
  • Establish, negotiate and provide counselling on all IP aspects for a wide variety of transactional matters: joint R&D agreements, licensing agreements, business acquisitions, purchase and sales agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.
  • Work with other functions and project teams to handle IP activities with cross-functional ramifications such as litigation, mergers and acquisitions
  • Participate in oppositions, oral hearings and appeals
  • Perform freedom-to-operate, validity, and infringement analysis for programs, products and platform technologies
  • Support and promote IP awareness within companies global R&D community, business teams and third-party collaborators
  • Manage relationships with external counsel – where required

Requirements;

  • Full qualification as a EPO or USPTO Patent Attorney (or equivalent national qualification)
  • Extensive, practical knowledge and IP experience in biologics essential, preferably with some experience in gene therapy
  • Relevant experience working within an in-house IP department of a pharmaceutical or biotech company or a reputable private practice
  • Strong biologics/life science academic background, ideally at PhD level or equivalent
  • Possess the commercial understanding and business acumen required to utilize IP as a business tool within global operations
  • Be an excellent communicator, possessing strong oral and written skills
  • Be flexible, adaptable and accustomed to project-management within a multi-disciplinary team environment
  • Have the ability to build effective relationships with R&D scientists, legal and business teams
  • Act with integrity and portray a positive, proactive and engaging manner and attitude
  • Be a team player and generally displaying a collaborative & knowledge sharing attitude

Following your application Daniel Hockaday, a specialist Pharmaceutical Recruiter with 4 years’ experience as a specialist recruitment Consultant will discuss the opportunity with you in detail. He will be more than happy to answer any questions relating to the industry and the potential for your career growth. The conversation can also progress further to discussing other opportunities, which are also available right now or will be imminently becoming available.

This position will be very competitive, and it is likely that it will close prematurely. We recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please click ‘apply’ or contact with Daniel Hockaday for any further information.

Daniel .C. Hockaday

Email: Dhockaday (at) barringtonjames.com

Company

We’re great at what we do. A collection of the worlds finest Life Science recruiters working for the worlds best Life Science consultancy.

Originally, a purely contingency and contract recruiter, focused in the UK, Barrington James is now a sophisticated, highly effective provider of human resources solutions up to full RPO, partnering the pharma, medical devices, and healthcare industries right across the globe.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01293 776644
Location
Victoria House
Consort Way
Horley
Surrey
RH6 7AF
GB

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