Role: Trainee or PQ Patent Attorney – Life Sciences
Location: Manchester
The Role
We are looking for an individual who enjoys learning about cutting-edge life sciences research and who want to put their scientific knowledge to work outside of academia. At Appleyard Lees, you will be able to put your scientific degree to use from day one, as you’ll be working with University clients, start-ups and SMEs to help protect ground-breaking innovations. The job is intellectually challenging, but also very rewarding.
You will be trained by our experienced patent attorneys, and from your first day you will be working on real cases for our clients. You will join meetings with inventors, attend hearings, and learn processes from our paralegals. As we prepare, file, prosecute patents applications for our clients in the UK and Europe, you will gain real experience that is directly relevant to the professional exams you will need to take, and our trainees are given all the support they need to qualify as UK and European patent attorneys. We combine in-house exam-specific tutorials with external courses. Alongside the exam-specific training, we also provide trainees with personal development training in such areas as business skills, effective communication and presentation skills and support through our mentoring scheme.
About You
• Undergraduate degree in a Life Sciences discipline
• Postgraduate degree desirable, but not essential
• Live within a commutable distance from our Manchester office
• Ability to take on large amounts of information and think logically
• Willingness and ability to take on responsibly at an early stage
• Good communicator both written and verbally with the ability to communicate at all levels
We will also consider applications from anyone who is currently working as a trainee patent attorney.
What We Can Offer
Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm, with over 50 patent and trademark attorneys and litigators. Our offices are located in Manchester, Leeds, Cambridge and Halifax, with 19 partners and over 120 employees.
We provide a full range of intellectual property (IP) services covering patents, trade marks, designs and copyright in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
We pride ourselves on being small and friendly enough for you to get to know everyone – but big enough to offer you great career prospects. We also offer:
• A supportive and friendly place to work and learn
• Social outings
• Birthday voucher
• Charity events
• Agile working
• Healthcare cash plan
• Annual salary review
• Life assurance
Our clients include multinational corporations and universities, as well as SMEs. We have a well-earned reputation for handling complex technical subject matter.
Our clients choose us because we offer the combination of technical knowledge, clarity and commerciality whilst taking the time to get to know them.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has always been part of the core values of Appleyard Lees. Appleyard Lees offers a career path within a structure that encourages development for everyone, and where individuals count.
We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people, however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
We are a member of IP Inclusive and many of our people, including trainees, are actively involved with the IP Inclusive initiative. Many of our trainees also participate in outreach activities to raise awareness of the IP professions among young people. We also have a dedicated diversity and inclusion focus group that includes attorneys, trainees, and HR, which is tasked with looking at ways we can continue to improve diversity and inclusion.
Applications
If you wish to apply, please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@appleyardlees.com
Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@appleyardlees.com