Newly Qualified Intellectual Property Solicitor
PwC · London
The IP & Commercial team is recruiting a newly qualified lawyer to join its growing Legal network. The team advises businesses from start-ups to multinationals across all sectors, supporting a broad mix of traditional and specialist, mostly non-contentious, legal projects. Work includes IP protection, ownership analysis, IP agreements such as licences and franchises, limited IP disputes, and complex IP structuring, portfolio reorganisations, commercialisation and risk reviews alongside PwC’s wider IP specialists.
Commercial work ranges from contract drafting, review and negotiation to supporting major global group reorganisations, including assessing legal impacts on supplier, customer and intragroup arrangements and preparing agreements to reflect new operating models. The role offers varied, technically challenging work, direct client exposure and opportunities to build strong relationships across PwC’s extensive client base.
PwC’s hybrid working model combines office and remote working, flexible hours and Friday afternoons off during the summer, giving you freedom to shape your working day around client, team and personal needs. With more than 3,700 legal specialists in around 100 countries, PwC’s legal services network offers access to talented professionals worldwide, supporting your development, learning and long-term career growth.
What your days will look like
- IP advice (mostly non-contentious): typically this will be drafting IP agreements or analysing IP ownership;
- drafting intragroup and/or third party contracts and advising on a diverse range of commercial law issues;
- IP and commercial contract due diligence.
- It is also likely that you will be the main contact for some clients and will do some work winning activities (with the help and support of the rest of the team).
- As we want to grow the practice, over time you will also have the chance to work towards building your own practice, with quite a lot of flexibility over the areas of focus and type of client-base you want to develop. However, initially the role will involve helping out in each of the areas covered by the team, and building a broad knowledge base before specialising at a later stage.
This role is for you if
- You are newly qualified (England & Wales, or with substantial experience practising in England & Wales).
- You have solid experience drafting and negotiating contracts, advising on non-contentious IP and giving general commercial law advice.
- You have an interest in (or preferably experience of) working on intragroup agreements alongside Tax professionals.
- You have excellent legal analysis, and an interest in technically challenging projects, and an intellectual curiosity about how businesses work, and what drives their value.
- You have a willingness to be involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients and an interest in developing these skills.
- You have an eagerness to learn how to build networks and develop internal relationships, with a view to developing your PwC brand.
What you’ll receive from us
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.