Part-Qualified or recently Qualified Patent Attorney – Chemistry

Based in: Abel & Imray’s Bath or Cardiff offices
Salary: Competitive, based on qualifications and experience

With a significant increase in client work, we ready to welcome a new attorney. This is an opportunity for a chemist to work with an inspiring range of clients in innovative sectors as part of our Chemistry team.

We are looking for an attorney with excellent chemical knowledge, ideally with an emphasis on industrial chemistry, and who has passed at least the Foundation Exams or equivalent through to having up to one year of post-qualification experience. You’ll be joining a team handling a wide range of subject matter, including polymer compositions, advanced materials, catalysis, chemical reactor system design and operation, lubricants, hydrocarbon processing, consumer and cosmetic products and food technologies. While you’ll be a new recruit, you’ll also quickly become involved in building our firm’s future – helping to shape our client portfolio and seek out new business opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

Although there’s no such thing as a ‘typical day’ as an Abel & Imray attorney, your position will involve:

• Dealing directly with clients worldwide– whether it’s a laboratory-based scientist or the In-house attorneys of a global corporation – to help them get the best from their inventions. You’ll speak your clients’ language – no matter how technical. And you’ll build enduring partnerships along the way.
• Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications. These tasks will make up a huge part of your role, drawing on both your legal expertise and technical knowledge.
• Preparing Opinions to guide our clients in the development of their important business ventures. These will draw on your technical and legal expertise as well as making use of your commercial and pragmatic approach.
• Helping us grow our firm by making new contacts, helping new clients and impressing existing ones.
• Learning. Whether you are still working towards UK and EP qualification or you are recently qualified, you will be learning from others in our supportive team and developing your professional knowledge.
• Working closely with a number of partners. We’re truly collaborative here at Abel & Imray and teamwork involves everyone from new starters to long-established partners.

Put simply, a diverse workload and a mandate to protect some of the field’s most pioneering ideas will keep you on your toes. Plus, we’ll put plenty of opportunities to help direct the future of our firm your way.

Where you’ll work – and what we offer

We’ll expect a lot from you, but will offer a lot in return. As well as day-to-day support, we’ll make sure your working environment is dynamic and inclusive – one where your career can really blossom. We will support your career development with a combination of in-house and external training, within which you will have freedom to choose the options and timing which works best for you. In fact, you’ll be joining our steadily-growing firm at an exciting time, in our modern offices in Bath or Cardiff (that choice is yours). You’ll also get to visit our London office as our team works collaboratively across the firm.

Alongside a competitive salary, you’ll have a generous holiday entitlement to play with. And you can also choose from a host of other lifestyle benefits, including private healthcare.

More about us

From the ideas we protect, to the way we run our business, everything we do is about looking to the future. Right now, we’re proud to partner with some of the world’s largest chemical and consumer goods companies. We also work for smaller high-growth companies and some of the world’s leading academic institutions. At the same time, you’ll be joining a firm with a prestigious history and reputation.

We are also proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities and flexible employer, and members of IP Inclusive and WISE. That means treating everyone at Abel & Imray fairly, as well as respecting each employee’s personal goals and ambitions. However yours line up, we’ll champion them.

How to apply

If the above sounds like you – and you like the sound of us – please send your CV with covering letter.

We very much welcome direct applicants for this role and may be able to offer a joining bonus if you approach us directly, rather than via an agency.

We don’t currently have a closing date for applications but are expecting to be holding interviews soon. If you have any questions about the role or would just like to have a confidential chat before formally applying, please contact Tom Turner.