Interim Senior Trademark Counsel (3 Months)

We're supporting a multinational consumer business seeking an experienced Senior Trademark Counsel to provide interim cover within its global legal team.

This role will take ownership of a significant international trademark portfolio, supporting brand teams across multiple markets and managing the full trademark lifecycle.

Start date: ASAP

Location: London, hybrid working

Contract duration: 3 months

Key responsibilities:

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• Advising on trademark clearance and launch risk assessments.
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• Managing global trademark filing and prosecution strategies.
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• Leading brand protection, enforcement, and dispute matters.
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• Providing advice on copyright, domain names, and related IP issues.
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• Managing relationships with external counsel and stakeholders.
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• Supporting commercial and strategic business initiatives from an intellectual property perspective.
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Ideal experience:

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• Qualified lawyer with substantial trademark law expertise.
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• Strong experience managing international trademark portfolios.
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• Previous in-house and/or private practice experience.
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• Commercially focused and comfortable working with senior stakeholders.
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• Able to operate effectively in a fast-paced global environment
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Working through LAW Absolute

As the first recruitment agency to specialise only in placing interim lawyers, LAW Absolute has a long history in supporting lawyers who want to work flexibly and in control of their career.

We are able to offer our contractors a range of challenging opportunities across private practice, corporates, financial services and within the not-for-profit sector. With over 20 years of placing contract lawyers in these markets, we have built excellent networks and many of the lawyers that we work with are contract lawyers that we have successfully placed on multiple assignments, allowing them to work with autonomy and build their career in the way they choose to. For our clients, we have worked closely with legal teams to help them plan and manage delivery of their services in a more efficient way in terms of resources, costs and timescales.

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