Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property

About The Role

As our Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Americas, you'll help protect and strengthen the LEGO® brand's intellectual property portfolio across the Americas. You'll provide legal advice on trademark, copyright, patent, publicity rights, brand protection, and enforcement matters while supporting regional and global intellectual property strategies. Working closely with legal colleagues, business stakeholders, customs authorities, and external counsel, you'll help safeguard the LEGO Group's intellectual property and support practical business decisions.

What you'll build

• Support and advance key intellectual property enforcement initiatives across the Americas
• Strengthen relationships with customs authorities, enforcement partners, and external counsel
• Improve awareness of intellectual property risks and best practices through training programs
• Contribute to regional and global intellectual property strategy initiatives
• Help manage emerging infringement risks, counterfeit activity, and complex dispute-resolution matters
• Partner with stakeholders to balance legal risk management with practical business needs

Required Qualifications

• Delivered legal advice across trademark, copyright, patent, and publicity rights matters
• Managed intellectual property enforcement and brand protection initiatives with measurable outcomes
• Led intellectual property disputes, enforcement actions, or litigation matters through resolution
• Built effective partnerships with business stakeholders and senior leaders while providing practical legal recommendations
• Juris Doctor (J.D.), LL.M., or equivalent law degree
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in the state of Massachusetts or become registered in-house counsel

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced customs enforcement or anti-counterfeiting program experience
• Developed intellectual property portfolio strategy, licensing, or prosecution approaches

Life on the team

You'll join the Legal, Compliance & Responsibility Americas team within the CFO organization, reporting to the VP & General Counsel, Americas. We're a connected team working across Boston, Mexico City, Monterrey, Richmond, Billund, London, and Shanghai. Our hybrid rhythm helps us stay close to one another while partnering across legal disciplines and business functions. Success comes from thoughtful problem solving, strong communication, adaptability, learning agility, and the ability to collaborate effectively across cultures and geographies.

What success looks like

You'll become a trusted advisor who helps protect the LEGO® brand while navigating complex intellectual property challenges across diverse jurisdictions. Over time, you'll help strengthen enforcement programs, support closer alignment between regional and global strategies, and expand stakeholder education efforts. You'll work closely with the Americas Legal Team, the Global Intellectual Property Legal Team, business leadership, customs authorities, enforcement agencies, and external counsel to help shape meaningful brand protection outcomes.

Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $107,885.00 - $161,827.00 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law.

Benefits

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind
• Wellbeing – You'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams
• Colleague Discount – From day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount
• Bonus – When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme

Schedule

Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.