Job Description
About the Team
In the Paris L&DR Group, our Paris IP team assists clients both for standalone Intellectual Property work and, for wider corporate and litigation work.
The team's daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Intellectual Property pre-litigation, litigation and transactional matters, covering the entire spectrum of intellectual property rights.
What You Will Be Responsible For
As a member of our Intellectual Property team, you will be responsible for a wide variety of work, for a range of clients belonging to cutting-edge industries such as technology, life sciences, med-tech, and green-tech, providing comprehensive and strategic IP solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will in particular be expected to:
- Draft legal documents (memoranda, pleadings, contracts…) clearly and concisely,
- Work with Partners and associates from different backgrounds and nationality.
- Create solutions using your legal expertise and apply effective research techniques.
- Be proactive in keeping your legal knowledge and technical skills up to date.
Qualifications
We are seeking a junior lawyer (Newly qualified) with:
- Master's degree, currently pursuing the CAPA certification.
- Internship in Intellectual Property.
- Fluency in French and an excellent level of English, both written and spoken.
- Strong writing, communication, and analytical skills.
- You must desire to work within an international environment of excellence, where you will have the chance to collaborate on the most interesting litigation and deals. As part of a global and extensive practice, teamwork is essential, and you will often collaborate with colleagues in our overseas offices.
- The ideal candidate should be passionate, eager to learn, flexible, available, precise, and capable of working in a team.
Company Description
Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: finance and banking; capital markets; corporate and M&A; real estate; tax pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.
Clifford Chance has 33 offices around the world. Every day, around 6 000 staff members worldwide work together and with our clients to find solutions to issues arising in all aspects of business law. In our Paris office, more than 200 lawyers work on all types of complex, innovative matters, each one needing specialist understanding of the specific context of the relevant market.
Additional Information
Opportunities for Growth
At Clifford Chance, we are committed to your professional development. You will have access to training programs (online and offsite all over the world), mentorship, and career advancement opportunities to help you grow as a legal professional. Our team’s collaborative environment and the firm’s global network will provide you with the platform to build a successful career in the profession.
Equal opportunities statement
At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.
