Associate Senior Associate

DLA Piper

Deliver successful outcomes on complex, high-value intellectual property matters, ensuring clients receive commercially focused, sector-specific advice tailored to their brand and business strategy.

• Lead and manage trademark prosecution processes, including filings, office action responses, clearance searches, oppositions, and appeals, across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring robust protection of client brands.
• Shape and influence the evolving regulatory landscape for trademarks, brand protection, and digital IP by engaging with industry stakeholders and contributing to thought leadership.
• Drive cross-border mandates by leveraging our global network, enabling seamless service delivery and supporting clients with international trademark portfolios, enforcement strategies, and prosecution management.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and ensuring client needs are met through proactive, solutions-oriented engagement.
• Develop your expertise and leadership in soft IP, with a focus on trademarks, licensing, enforcement, and prosecution, while also contributing to projects involving digital branding, content rights, and emerging IP challenges.

About You

• Demonstrate significant experience advising on complex, high-value intellectual property matters, particularly in relation to soft IP and trademarks, ideally within a leading multi-jurisdictional law firm.
• Possess a strong academic background (2:1 or higher, or international equivalent) in law, with in-depth knowledge of trademark law, brand protection, prosecution procedures, and IP regulatory developments.
• Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with proven ability to draft and negotiate complex IP-related legal documents, including trademark applications, office action responses, and opposition filings; Arabic language skills are advantageous.
• Build and sustain trusted client relationships, delivering high-quality, commercially focused advice aligned with clients broader brand and business objectives, including strategic trademark portfolio management and prosecution planning.
• Thrive in a collaborative, collegiate environment, showing leadership potential and the ability to work effectively across local and international teams on multi-jurisdictional trademark matters.
• Display initiative, strong organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, cross-border context, particularly in relation to trademark filings and contentious proceedings.
• Show genuine passion for intellectual property, staying current on industry trends and demonstrating commercial awareness in the evolving IP landscape, including developments in global trademark prosecution and enforcement