• Permanent, full-time position
• Our HW Evolve approach includes hybrid and flexible working. WFH and from modern, open plan offices.  We will provide you with WFH IT equipment plus reimbursement of up to $500 for additional equipment
• Competitive remuneration and our Hallstar reward and recognition program
• Learning and career development programs for all roles and levels
• Flexible leave options, including up to 26 weeks paid parental leave
• Free daily breakfast and office social events
• Genuine commitment to diversity, inclusion and wellbeing, and pro bono and community

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About the role and team

We have a new opportunity for an experienced commercial, intellectual property (IP) and technology lawyer with between 3 and 4 years of post-admission experience, to join our IP and Technology and Commercial Law team within our Corporate & Commercial section in Melbourne.  

Our wider Corporate & Commercial (C&C) team in Melbourne has approximately 37 team members including 12 partners. The Hall & Wilcox IP and Technology team sits within the C&C team and is a well-established and growing practice that works across a broad range of intellectual property and technology matters. The IP and Technology team has 3 partners and approximately 10 other team members.

The successful candidate will work closely with the partners and lawyers in our IP and technology team and will also work on a variety of commercial law matters.  You will advise on a range of IP and technology related matters, such as trade mark and copyright matters (both contentious and non-contentious), IP commercialisation matters, procurement contracts, commercial contracts as well as competition and consumer law matters and broad-based commercial law matters.

You will be involved in a variety of matters including:

• trade mark matters including advice, filing and registrations, disputes/oppositions and licensing;
• intellectual property commercialisation and licensing, including technology commercialisation agreements, patent licensing and plant variety licensing, joint ventures and other commercialisation structures;
• disputes/litigation, including both enforcing and defending IP infringements and related actions;
• privacy and competition and consumer law;
• IT and technology contracts including technology procurement and project agreements, SaaS agreements, software licensing and support agreements and technology outsourcing agreements; and
• drafting and negotiating transaction and other commercial contracts and documents.

This is a hands-on role which provides the opportunity to work with interesting clients, including State and Commonwealth government.  This is a well-established and growing team, which has a solid client base across various industries including infrastructure, financial services, FMCG, automotive, sports & entertainment and agribusiness. The work is challenging, complex, and rewarding, and provides significant learning and development opportunities.

About you

You will ideally have the following skills and experience:

• between 3 and 4 years of post-admission experience in general commercial law and IP and technology, including both advisory and contentious in nature;
• ideally experience gained from within a top tier or mid tier law firm or a recognised specialist IP/IT law firm;
• experience working on State and Commonwealth Government matters, or undertaking secondments in government departments, will be highly regarded;
• technical excellence with outstanding attention to detail;
• commercially savvy; and
• a team player and critical thinker with a can-do approach.

About us

At Hall & Wilcox, we deliver outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia. Our purpose is to enable our clients, our people and our communities to thrive.

We do great work, smarter. We’re passionate about the work we do and how it creates value for today and tomorrow. We’re known for Smarter Law: smarter thinking to create smarter solutions. We embrace innovative thinking and technology. We listen. We partner. We solve.  

We are also known for having a great culture that values people and that lives our purpose and values - our Hallmarks.

Hall & Wilcox is a successful independent Australian law firm; a place to belong, with the freedom to learn and grow. We thrive together. We are diverse and inclusive - everyone is welcome and respected. We encourage applications from candidates of all cultural backgrounds (including First Nations), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

Hear from our people about what it’s like to thrive at Hall & Wilcox: bit.ly/HWpeople

To learn more about Hall & Wilcox visit our website.

Apply now

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We are committed to supporting candidates with disability so that every candidate is offered a fair, equitable and supportive recruitment experience. If you require any adjustments or support to complete your application, or if you have any questions, please contact Alison Daly-Thomson, Talent Acquisition Manager, at Alison.DalyThomson@hallandwilcox.com.au for a confidential discussion.

This vacancy is being managed directly by the Hall & Wilcox Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require any assistance.

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