Commercial Solicitor
Location: Cambridge or London
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000
Position: Permanent, full time
Closing date: 17th September 2024
It's an exciting time to join us!
We are looking for a Commercial Solicitor to focus on commercial contracts, with a focus on IP, with an overlap to the disputes team where commercial / contractual disputes are involved.
Caseload will range from advisory and strategic work through drafting and amending contracts, through to negotiation of terms and advising on contractual disputes. Day-to-day work will involve running your own smaller matters, including all drafting and client management, and working as part of a team supporting bigger clients and issues. Clients range from household names to SMEs and start-ups across a range of sectors.
There will also be opportunities to assist on IP disputes work;
Essential skills and experience
- Qualified UK solicitor (c. 1-2 years PQE).
- Commercial experience at another legal firm or chambers.
- Autonomous and efficient - with proven organisation and project management skills.
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
Firm culture is important at Stobbs - friendly, social, approachable and where we look after each other. We regularly provide our own social and professional events. We manage the rights of some fantastic clients - obviously that means our advice has to be legally sound, but it's also about it being business savvy. We have high standards but learn from our mistakes. We're not internally competitive (well, except when it comes to sports and quizzes!). We're certainly not run with an iron fist; we want our people to bring their whole selves to work, wanting to perform well, learn from mistakes and to feel comfortable asking questions and learning, and helping us continue to improve and be the best we can be.
Our head office is north of Cambridge, with an office in central London. We are trying to strike a good balance of supporting people to work flexibly while delivering for our clients and making Stobbs an attractive place to work.
Our current hybrid working policy is a minimum requirement of two days in the office, encouraging people in more if possible. We may expect you to be based in the office full-time during the first six-months. Those seeking a part-time role may also be considered.
The company
Stobbs is a niche intellectual property practice that recognises that to give the best advice on brands, you need to take a more strategic and holistic approach than pure trade mark expertise. To that end, we launched the concept of Intangible Asset Management.
We have a breadth of capability that goes far beyond the scope of any other IP firm and encompasses trade marks, designs and copyright, litigation, disputes, commercial contracts, brand intelligence, brand extension (licensing), systems, online brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting and brand restructuring.
Formed in 2013 with 18 people, today we have over 200 professionals based in Cambridge, London, Dublin, Eindhoven and Munich.