Senior Intellectual Property Counsel

il y a 3 jours


RueilMalmaison, Île-de-France Schneider Electric Temps plein

Job Overview:

Schneider Electric is seeking a highly skilled Senior Intellectual Property Counsel to join its global legal team. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in supporting the company's intellectual property legal strategy and transactional work.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert intellectual property legal guidance and support for global mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence and post-deal integration;
  • Draft, review, and negotiate complex transactional documents, including joint development agreements, framework agreements, intellectual property licensing agreements, and joint intellectual property ownership agreements;
  • Work closely with internal business stakeholders, including M&A, R&D, marketing, HR, sales, and supply chain, to identify and mitigate intellectual property risks;
  • Partner with the commercial legal team to support and facilitate negotiation, review, and drafting of intellectual property-related clauses in commercial agreements;
  • Prepare and negotiate settlement agreements in close collaboration with the Global Intellectual Property Litigation team;
  • Collaborate with external counsel as necessary for legal support;
  • Ensure compliance with relevant intellectual property laws, regulations, and internal policies across the organization, including developing and implementing intellectual property policies and training programs for employees;
  • Stay up-to-date on legal and regulatory developments in the intellectual property field and advise the organization accordingly;
  • Provide other assistance and support to M&A, R&D, marketing, and legal department teams as required, including on pre-litigation matters.

Requirements:

  • Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law from a recognized French/European university;
  • Qualified lawyer with at least 8 years of experience in intellectual property law, preferably in-house or at a reputable law firm;
  • Fluency/proficiency in French and English (oral & written);
  • Strong knowledge of local and global intellectual property laws and regulations, including patents, designs, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets;
  • Proven track record of drafting and negotiating intellectual property agreements, and providing legal advice and support on all sorts of intellectual property matters;
  • Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Qualified professional representative in France;
  • Professional experience in both private practice and in-house multinational environments;
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and implement policies and standards;
  • Demonstrated ability to direct and manage external counsel;
  • Working knowledge of a language other than English or French (German or Spanish – a plus).

Skills and Abilities:

  • Strong organizational and project management skills with an attention to detail;
  • Ability to work on own initiative, independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams;
  • Strong analytic skills to identify risk, evaluate associated risk mitigation actions and clearly summarize complex topics and needs;
  • Ability to define creative and flexible solutions to support global projects with a global team and balance risk, resources, and compliance;
  • Ability to prioritize tasks, deadlines, and risks;
  • Strong teamwork, and interpersonal/communication skills to support an inclusive and global team;
  • Commercial and strategic acumen.


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