Senior Counsel providing legal support for employment law at RGA. Collaborating globally with HR teams to ensure legal compliance and address employee relations issues.
About the role
- Legal Advisor working on patent law and intellectual property at KPMG. Supporting product innovation and safeguarding technology rights within the International Office of the General Counsel.
Responsibilities
- Support the most senior patent lawyer within IOGC in working with KPMGI business teams and technology developers to: (i) identify proprietary assets developed by them (including with respect to artificial intelligence), (ii) determine the best legal methods to protect such IP assets, and (iii) execute processes for such protection.
- Support the most senior patent lawyer within IOGC with patent application filings in the UK Intellectual Property Office and European Patent Office and working with, instructing and managing external counsel for patent application filings outside of those jurisdictions.
- Support the most senior patent lawyer within IOGC by working with global business teams to identify third parties that may be infringing on KPMGI IP and to enforce KPMGI’s rights in its IP, as well as understanding the potential for member firms to license and monetize such IP rights (separate and apart from their use in KPMG technology solutions).
- Support the most senior patent lawyer within IOGC in understanding the technical aspects of, and business plan for, KPMG-developed technology solutions, and support more senior lawyers in counselling on freedom to operate, intellectual property enforcement, and copyright versus patent versus trade secret protection.
- Assess whether KPMGI has proper IP and data rights to license and/or provide member firms and their clients with use and/or access rights to KPMGI technology solutions.
Requirements
- Mid level qualified lawyer advising on IP and technology law, including patent practice before the UK Intellectual Property Office and European Patent Office and freedom-to-operate analysis
- Must possess a proficient working knowledge of both on-premises and cloud-based information technology businesses, services, and products
- Must possess a proficient working knowledge of IP and technology law issues that arise in IP portfolios, technology solutions and business operations that span multiple jurisdictions with varied laws and levels of enforcement
- Some knowledge and developing awareness of global business, geopolitical, legal, regulatory and technology issues/trends which may be relevant to KPMG and the Audit & Accounting profession more broadly
- UK qualified lawyer (or equivalent if qualified outside of the UK)
- European Patent Attorney
- UK Chartered Patent Attorney
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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