The role
Adamson
Jones has an outstanding opportunity for a qualified trade mark attorney not
yet at partnership level to join our growing trade mark team at one of our
offices around the United Kingdom. This
role has arisen following an exciting period of growth for Adamson Jones as a
forward-thinking firm of patent and trade mark attorneys uniquely positioned within
the Gateley professional services group.
The team
Adamson
Jones is a growing firm of patent and trade mark attorneys. We are part of
Gateley, which is a legal and professional services group employing around 1,500
people at offices across the UK. Adamson
Jones is unique in the UK profession, being a standalone patent and trade mark
attorney firm working within this wider professional services group. Our attorneys have the opportunity to work
closely with solicitors and other professional advisers operating in a wide
range of areas including corporate transactions, commercial agreements and
disputes.
In
June 2015, Gateley became the UK’s first commercial law firm to list on the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange.
Since then, Gateley have acquired a number of professional services
businesses and legal practices, which offer clients a full and varied range of
complementary business services. It is within this progressive culture at
Gateley that Adamson Jones is growing and expanding its reach though other
Gateley offices.
Our
clients include a range of small start-ups and established private companies to
large corporations, as well as overseas firms based across the world. The majority of our work is for UK-based
clients across a wide range of commercial sectors and involves work across all
areas of trade mark attorney practice including conducting clearance searches,
drafting and filing trade mark applications throughout the world, managing
watching services and advising clients about potential conflicts, and handling
oppositions and cancellation proceedings and associated settlement negotiations.
We
have a very strong support team including certified IP administrators who are
client facing and support our trade mark attorneys to ensure casework is handled
efficiently. We are committed to
excellence in our work and we have a strong team ethos, with everyone at
Adamson Jones and Gateley committed to working together to achieve the best for
our clients.
The person
Candidates
will ideally have at least two years of post-qualification experience and be
capable of taking over responsibility for an existing caseload, as well as
assisting with the continued growth of the trade mark practice as a whole, including
through working closely with other professionals within the Gateley group. Ideal candidates will have the ambition to develop
their career and become a senior member of our growing trade mark team.
We
offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes a
performance-related bonus scheme, contributory pension and private medical
insurance. The position may be based any
one of the Gateley offices located around the United Kingdom, including London,
Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester in addition to our head office in Nottingham.
We
can also offer flexibility in home/office working arrangements subject to at
least two days per week being spent in any one of the Gateley offices. The
position also comes with opportunities to attend conferences including INTA and
participate in other business development activities, as well as opportunities
to be involved in internal CPD activities and the training of existing and
future trainees. Although this is a full-time position, applications form
candidates who are only able to work three or four days per week will also be
considered.
About You
About Us
The benefits
With
support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment
and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be
rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an
annual bonus.
In
addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via
our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex
comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the
benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit,
employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season
ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At
Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs
alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to
coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We
are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to
the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional
services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and
business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right
answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We
support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to
private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just
about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
The
'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got
us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force
behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a
set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and
this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious
for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working
Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that
have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are
recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.
Diversity, inclusion
and well being
Diversity,
inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values.
We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures,
providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex,
race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We
create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's
potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer
flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance
and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply
for any of our vacancies.
We
are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our
Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional
Information
If
you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety
of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can
include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and
Academic Qualifications, Any Criminal Records, Your Financial Stability And
references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be
relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.
