AssociateSenior Associate Intellectual Property Technology
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Job Description
McInnes Wilsons technology intellectual property and information governance practice which sits within the firms dynamic corporate advisory team is experiencing growth and is looking for an associate or senior associate level lawyer with experience working on intellectual property and technology related matters.
This role presents an opportunity for a highly motivated senior lawyer to play a pivotal role in assisting lead the continued growth of the practice and team capitalising on the practices momentum in these areas. The practice is focussed on front end commercial transactions involving intellectual property issues as well as broader corporate transactions within the technology industry and intellectual property advice registration and disputes.
This opportunity will provide the right candidate with a significant learning and career development opportunity. The technology intellectual property and information governance practice currently has a single Partner Michael Fredericks who has specialist experience within these fastmoving areas of law both obtained within several toptier firms and as the Managing Director of several listed and unlisted public technology and data companies. With real world corporate technology experience and an established network of relationships with the technology industry across Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne Michael is eager to share this experience with the right candidate and to leverage this network of contacts to further grow the practice and team.
The work being performed by the group encompasses a mix of specialist technology intellectual property and information governance work as well as corporate advisory and transactional corporate work in the technology and data industry. This work includes the following:
- Technology procurement & licensing
- Digital transformation projects
- Intellectual property commercialisation advice protection and disputes
- Technology M&A and due diligence
- Data commercialisation development projects & products
- Privacy advice compliance policies and procedures
- Cloud services data retention protection & compliance
- Cybersecurity regulatory requirements data protection & privacy audits and compliance risk assessment
- Establishment and advice to earlystage companies structuring IP protection capital raising ESOP and governance
- Advice on and establishment of Fintech companies AFS and credit services licensing and advice financial services products including discretionary mutual funds cryptocurrency services and platforms managed investment schemes
- Private & public capital raising
- Preparing and advising on Information Memorandums Prospectus underwriting agreements & convertible notes
Role Requirements
We are seeking candidates with:
- Over 5 years experience working in the above areas either within specialist private practice firms / practices or from within corporate technology companies or a mix of this experience.
- Excellent written oral and interpersonal communication skills.
- A high level of attention to detail and commitment to technical excellence.
- Highlevel problemsolving skills and the ability to learn new tasks quickly.
- Strong time management and organisational skills together with the capacity to manage multiple projects and conflicting priorities.
- Ability and willingness to develop your own network and actively participate in marketing and business development activities.
We offer a competitive salary package room to grow and achieve your career aspirations and an opportunity to work in a high performing supportive and collaborative environment.
About McInnes Wilson
We are a fullservice firm with 52 principals and 350 staff providing high quality legal advisory services across Australia. We are proud of the values we uphold and the culture of our firm and know there is more to life than work billables or awards. We believe in our people and trust them with our brand.
When joining McInnes Wilson Lawyers you will be joining a firm that takes gender equality seriously. Our firm is recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality under the WGEA citation and is committed to demonstrating our ongoing support of all employees in the workplace. Our progressive and inclusive policies have also earned us recognition as an Employer of Choice by the Australian Business Awards Lawyers Weekly Queensland Law Society and HRD to name a few.
Our range of employee benefits for all employees currently include:
- Progressive paid parental leave policy with no qualifying period prenatal leave parent & care givers platform partner leave and return to work bonuses.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Extensive reward and recognition program including tenure awards annual staff awards and promotion ceremonies.
- Further education support and professional development program including a formal mentoring program.
- Health and wellbeing initiatives birthday leave for fulltime employees firm social club and regular team functions.
Applications
All applicants should provide a cover letter outlining how the key requirements are met as well as a current CV. The successful candidate will be required to undergo background screening including reference checks and police checks.
Any questions regarding this role should be directed to the People & Culture team
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
