HGF Limited
Trade Mark Attorney

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Trade Mark Attorney
Location: Manchester
The Position
This position offers a developed portfolio of client facing work from day one across a diverse mix of trade mark tasks and clients, including pharma, automotive, healthcare, retail, cosmetics and more. In addition to the existing caseload, the role offers the chance to engage in the development of new clients, with the incoming individual fully supported in developing a client portfolio of their own over the longer term.
Main Responsibilities
The role will be a client facing position supporting across the full range of trade mark activities, including but not limited to:
- Clearance searching and advice to clients regarding new trade marks and designs;
- Advising on trade mark and design filing strategies, chances of successfully securing registrations and likely legal costs;
- Managing trade mark and design applications from filing to grant, both domestically and internationally;
- Advising on the enforcement and maintenance of trade mark and design rights;
- Providing portfolio management advice to clients;
- Developing business with existing clients;
- Working with the wider Trade Mark team to identify marketing opportunities and targeting new clients;
- Attending and contributing to relevant conferences and client events;
About You
- Qualified Trade Mark Attorney, ideally with 1 – 3 years of post-qualified experience;
- Confident in working with a level of autonomy without significant oversight;
- An interest in getting involved in business development activity;
- Comfortable working within a team and managing workflow with the Formalities/Paralegal team;
- Ability to express complex technical ideas clearly and concisely;
- An eye for detail;
- Excellent communications skills, both written and oral;
- Confident and credible client management;
- Ability to develop successful working relationships with a wide variety of people;
- Readiness to take responsibility;
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Why move to HGF?
HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression.
We’re a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor.
As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platform covering a wide range of content.
Benefits including our award winning enhanced parental leave policy, 27 days holiday, bonus scheme and flexible working.
HGF Values
People
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Excellence
We strive to be the best. We pursue excellence in all our individual roles resulting in outstanding legal and technical advice for our clients. Our people are pragmatic, responsive and commercially minded. We do not presume but listen to understand so we can engage proactively and appropriately.
Teamwork
We stand together. We work with our clients to protect their interests, and with each other as a mutually supporting firm. We value, appreciate and listen to others, regardless of role, recognising each individual’s particular blend of talent, skill and experience. We are individually and jointly accountable and take responsibility for our actions and decisions.
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We innovate. We continually improve our services and processes through understanding, creativity, and investment. We evolve by taking opportunities and adopting new business procedures, unencumbered by historical structures or out-of-date attitudes. As a firm, we have an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage new thinking in our people.
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