Legal Editor (IP) (Remote, UK or Europe)

Legal Editor (IP) (Remote, UK or Europe)

Our client is a full-practice intellectual property firm with established offices in South-East Asia. They provide comprehensive legal services on all aspects of trademarks, designs, patents, copyright prosecution and litigation, anti-counterfeiting strategies and IP as well as domain name portfolio management. They are seeking an experienced Legal/Intellectual Property Writer with fluent English and legal lexicon.

Role Purpose

Contribute to create the content that for the firm, from academic publications to out-reach pieces, blog posts and newsletters.

Responsibilities

• Contribute/Edit long and short articles in English published by the firm, regarding Chinese IP Law.
• Researching local and national laws, legal precedents, past legal cases or other relevant information and data.
• Draft presentations and support material for conferences, seminars, speeches
• Review articles sent by Magazines
• Keep relationship with magazine’s editors and with conferences and seminars agencies
• Coordinate all marketing communication activities

Qualifications:

• LLM or PH.D. (doctoral research) in Law with a focus on IP Law and/or neighboring fields
• Excellent drafting skills in English (excellent academic writing required)
• Able to present complex legal topics in simplified written form
• Interested in working on the latest developments of IP Law in China and their relevance to European companies
• Team working attitude
• Excellent attention to detail, proactivity and confidentiality
• Able of working under pressure and meeting tight deadline
• Good negotiating skills