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About the role
Our global full-service intellectual property (IP) practice offers a one-of-a-kind solution for clients, providing IP services in Australia and the Pacific region, Asia, Europe, and North America.
We are currently seeking a lawyer with 3-5 years PQE to join our Melbourne IP team.
This dynamic, collaborative and busy practice will give you the opportunity to get involved with interesting matters across all aspects of Intellectual Property. Working with leading IP practitioners Jonathan Feder, Tony Watson, Chris Round Greg Pieris and Sally Foreman, you will assist Australian and international clients in advising and prosecuting intellectual property rights as well as litigating matters involving trademarks, designs, patents, copyright and trade secrets. You will also have access to, and work regularly with, intellectual property lawyers in our overseas offices.
In this role, you will act for a range of clients and be encouraged to take carriage of day-to-day matters. You will also be encouraged to prepare articles and case summaries for presentations and publications, as well as be involved in firm activities and committees, including business development, mentoring, delivering training, and presenting to clients and professional organisations.
About you
We value our culture at K&L Gates and are proud of our friendly and respectful reputation. We are looking for a likeminded individual who enjoys working collaboratively in a team to get things done.
You should be practical, proactive and commercially minded in your approach, in addition to demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and exemplary attention to detail.
You will ideally have 3-5 years' experience working as an Intellectual Property lawyer. You will be collaborative in your approach whilst also demonstrating the ability to work autonomously and take a lead role in matters.
You will be an excellent communicator with a strong desire to learn and get involved across all aspects of the practice.
The extras
K&L Gates promotes equal opportunities for all employees to progress in their careers.
Initiatives include:

• Professional development programs
• Structured mentoring program
• Flexible working options
• 26 weeks paid parental leave
• Momentum Program for women and men who are taking a period of parental leave and wish to stay on career track
• Salary continuance insurance
• Volunteering opportunities
• Health and wellbeing programs - including gym subsidies
• Social events - social club and sporting teams

About Us
The firm’s Australian operations provide vast knowledge of the Australian legal marketplace across a wide spectrum of industries. With lawyers located in four established offices in Australia’s leading financial and commercial centres and possessing substantial experience.
At K&L Gates, we foster an inclusive and collaborative environment across our fully integrated global platform that enables us to diligently combine the knowledge and expertise of our people to create teams that provide exceptional client solutions. We marry process with vision, success with dedication, method with passion, and innovation with creativity. The outcome: The K&L Gates Experience.
Located across five continents, we represent a broad array of leading global corporations in every major industry, capital markets participants, and ambitious middle-market and emerging growth companies. We also serve public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organisations, and individuals. Our lawyers counsel clients on their most sophisticated legal challenges in all areas of corporate and regulatory law as well as litigation.
We are leaders in legal issues relating to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds—technology, manufacturing, energy, transportation, telecommunications, financial services, and life sciences, among others.
Do you like what you see?
Please apply via our Careers page at www.klgates.com
For more information please contact Tania Brierley, Recruitment Consultant at tania.brierley@klgates.com
For more information about K&L Gates please see our website www.klgates.com
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K&L Gates is an equal opportunity employer and promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of those with a disability. We welcome applications from people who have an indigenous and/or culturally and linguistically diverse background.
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