[SLP] Deputy Legal Director (IP-Focused)

Senior IP Counsel (Deputy Legal Director)

Base: Singapore

Position Overview
An experienced and motivated attorney with 8+ years of relevant intellectual property and brand protection experience. The position will play a key role in the strategy, prosecution, enforcement, management and licensing of international IP portfolio as well as support and grow the relationship between international legal, product naming, and marketing teams.

What you’ll do:

• Lead our global intellectual property related work in the overseas market including such as trademark portfolio management and brand protection and growth
• Lead and manage trademark protection related matters including judicial or administrative cases such as trademark opposition and cancellation actions
• Collaborate with external counsel and relevant internal functions such as brand and product teams to identify the most strategic areas for trademark protection and brand growth
• Develop and manage trademark clearance and prosecution strategy in the overseas market
• Collaborate with external counsel on trademark enforcement and brand protection strategies, including trademark opposition and cancellation actions
• Collaborate with external counsel to conduct pre-entry clearance
• Gather and evaluate evidence and specimens of use
• Identify and improve efficiencies in the maintenance of our global trademark portfolio
• Collaborate with Branding team to establish global brand manual and licensing policies
• Draft, review and negotiate trademark licenses and agreements as needed
• Support Marketing team as needed to conduct legal compliance reviews of advertising content

Who you are:

• A law degree from a prestigious law school
• Qualification to practice law in at least one common law jurisdiction around the world;admission of U.S. state bar is a plus
• 8+ years of relevant substantive IP litigation, trademark and brand enforcement experience across all aspects of growing, maintaining and protecting a trademark portfolio, preferably with in-house experience
• Experiences with brand protection and collaboration across the globe.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced work environment
• Knowledge of, or desire to learn, advertising compliance laws and regulations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to foster trust, respect, and collaboration with internal clients
• Strong team player and good business sense
• Strategic thinker with integrity and spirit of entrepreneurship
• Fast learner and adapter within a diverse culture and fast-moving and dynamic work environment. Embrace adventures and challenges