Managing Legal Counsel – Intellectual Property

About the role

We are seeking an experienced, business-oriented Managing Legal Counsel to join the Legal Department’s Intellectual Property Group. This role is designed for a seasoned intellectual property lawyer who will support the firm’s overall global IP strategy and be accountable for the day-to-day operations and responsibilities of the Intellectual Property Group.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of the firm’s global intellectual property strategy, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, patents, proprietary content, and other intellectual property assets.
• Lead strategic legal counseling on brand, product, service, and campaign naming initiatives, including trademark clearance, risk assessment, filing strategy, prosecution, maintenance, and launch readiness.
• Oversee intellectual property enforcement and dispute matters, including investigations, cease-and-desist activity, online brand protection, domain name issues, marketplace monitoring, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
• Draft, negotiate, review, and advise on intellectual property licenses and related agreements.
• Advise transactional attorneys and business partners on intellectual property provisions in complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, distributors, clients, technology providers, data vendors, and other third parties.
• Manage outside counsel relationships and drive accountability for global portfolio strategy, matter execution, deadlines, budgets, reporting, and deliverables.
• Advisory on compliance with third-party intellectual property, proprietary data, market data, content, technology, and contractual usage requirements in collaboration with legal, compliance, risk, technology, procurement, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 10+ years of relevant intellectual property legal experience, preferably including experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, or both, with demonstrated ability to advise independently on complex IP matters.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. and global intellectual property laws, with substantial experience in IP portfolio management, clearance, prosecution strategy, licensing, enforcement, brand protection, copyright compliance, and trade secret protection.
• Experience leading legal workstreams, managing competing priorities, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, and operating with sound judgment and minimal supervision.