Executive (Partner/Team Lead) Trade Mark Attorney/Lawyer
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2025 ANZ Employer of Choice & Small Firm Standout Winner (Australasian Lawyer)
Pearce IP is an award-winning, market-leading boutique firm of specialist lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys.
We develop, coordinate and execute local and multi-jurisdictional IP/legal strategies (including contentious and non-contentious matters), and protect and enforce our clients’ intellectual property interests.
Pearce IP offers both working from home and hybrid options - the best of both worlds!
The role
Pearce IP is looking for a capable and driven Executive (Partner) Trade Mark Attorney to join its executive team and grow the trade marks practice. Reporting to the CEO, the successful candidate will have the proven ability to:
* grow and lead a trade marks practice and team of high performing trade marks professionals in ANZ;
* provide legally sound, independent, and commercially appropriate branding strategies and services, including contentious and non contentious trade marks matters before IP Australia and IPONZ;
* advise on infringement of registered and unregistered trade marks;
* manage (or assisting Pearce IP’s litigation team with the management of) trade mark enforcement/infringement proceedings in ANZ;
* assist with the commercialisation of trade marks across multiple jurisdictions.
What we are looking for
You will have 15+ years PQE as a Lawyer and Trade Mark Attorney within a high performing trade marks team. You will be a highly effective leader and practitioner, with considerable experience in:
* Technical Excellence - building and implementing elegant ANZ brand protection and enforcement strategies for multinational and local companies;
* Leadership - working collaboratively with other business unit leads to grow the trade marks practice and team;
* Business development – confidently securing business development opportunities and – through them – new clients;
* Client relationship management – understanding that effective client management is all about building good relationships, and good relationships require investment.
Culture and Benefits
All Pearce IP team members live out our values of Brand Ambassadors, Respect, Integrity, Talent, and Excellence. We offer a range of excellent employee benefits including:
* Birthday leave: because no one wants to work on their birthday;
* Generous parental leave: because we celebrate the birth of your baby with you;
* Still birth and miscarriage leave: because your loss and grief matters to us;
* Menopause and menstrual leave: because menopause/menstruation is not an illness;
* Study leave: because we set you up for success;
* Sorry business & Tangihanga leave: because we honour your cultural traditions in times of grief and difficulty;
* Annual leave: accrued annual leave entitlements for NZ employees with all company employees provided with an additional week of cumulative annual leave each year after five years employment;
* Service recognition: because your service with us is deserving of celebration.
Pearce IP recognises, is committed to, and celebrates a diverse and inclusive workplace. All interested candidates with the required skills and experience are encouraged to apply.
How to apply
Please submit your CV and cover letter for consideration by clicking on the 'Apply' button below.
If you would like further information, a position description, to confidentially discuss any adjustments you might require throughout the recruitment process, or wish to discuss the role, please contact Pearce IP’s Executive, Deputy CEO & Head of Talent, Adele Chadwick at adele.chadwick@pearceip.law or on +61 488 611 618.
Perks and Benefits
* Flexible work-from-anywhere arrangements
* Paid Parental Leave
* Menstrual and Menopause Leave
* Sorry Business Leave
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