High Tech Patent Attorney 0-2 Pqe - Sheffield, United Kingdom - CMS UK

CMS UK

Verified Company

Sheffield, United Kingdom

4 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Due to continued growth in our Legal 500 Band 1 ranked patent attorney practice, we have an excellent opportunity for dual qualified patent attorneys to join our high-tech team in one of our Sheffield, Manchester or London offices.

About CMS CMS is a Future Facing firm. With 79 offices in 45 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, we combine deep sector understanding with a global overview, giving us the ability not only to see what's coming, but to shape it.

CMS is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence.

We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services.

Our bold approach to a changing futureensures that we nurture our employees and recruit top talent.

About the Role Joining our team within a global law firm represents a unique opportunity in the profession for an attorney to combine a busy patent drafting, filing and prosecution docket with due diligence work supporting corporate transactions, as well as providing litigationsupport. Working in cutting edge technology areas which require boundary pushing work, the hi-tech team also has a high number of oral proceedings before the EPO.

CMS prides itself on being a future-facing firm, with a culture of questioning how we work so we can constantly improve for our people and our clients.

Most importantly, we are a people business, and we have a firm culture of authenticity and inclusivity.

Extensive training opportunities, flexible/ part-time working at all levels and varied social/ D&I networks have contributed to building a committed and talented workforce.

- have a Masters and/or PhD in a relevant field and industry experience;
- be recently dual-qualified as both a UK and European Patent Attorney, or have qualified in the last two years;
- be self-motivated in further developing their knowledge of IP law and patent prosecution work;
- be proactive in undertaking a wide range of work, across diverse technical and legal areas;
- have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills, with experience working under pressure towards tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy;
- be flexible in their attitude and an effective team player, willing to collaborate and build professional relationships across all levels; and
- have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Equal Opportunities
At CMS, a next-generation mindset is woven into all we do.

We're diverse, supportive and inclusive, embracing our corporate social responsibility and creating a culture of sustainability in which every one of our people, whatever their background, can maximisetheir potential and thrive.

For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please to view the diversity pages on our website.

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