Intellectual Property Counsel

Saudi Aramco

As the successful candidate you will be responsible to perform the following:

• Manage outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications.
• Patent portfolio management.
• Counsel clients.
• Provide IP education to clients on various IP-related topics.
• Provide legal advice in the areas of patent portfolio strategies.
• Draft and negotiate research and development agreements and IP licenses.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will have:

• A Juris Doctorate degree or equivalent.
• Current admission to general practice before the highest court of the state or country of which you are a citizen or resident.
• A minimum of 10 years experience working for a law firm or major corporation, of which a minimum of 5 years must be as in-house counsel.
• Demonstrable experience of preparing and prosecuting patent applications.
• Able to demonstrate familiarity with the Patent Cooperation Treaty and other foreign prosecution authorities.
• Experience with other areas of intellectual property, including trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Experience drafting and negotiating IP agreements, including research collaboration and IP license agreements.
• Oil and/or chemical industry experience is a plus.