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# Legal Counsel IP #
**Position Snapshot **
Location: Vevey, Switzerland
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract
**What we offer at Nestlé**
Genuine opportunities for career and personal development
Modern -smart office- locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces
Dynamic international working environment
Attractive additional benefits
**Position Summary**
As a **Legal Counsel - IP**, you will provide legal support to the Business and manage a dynamic portfolio alignment with internal stakeholders to enable the protection, defense and enforcement of trademarks, designs, copyrights, domain names.
We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions, and regions. Don-t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.
**A Day in the Life of a Legal Counsel - IP**
* Advise the Business on trademark, design, copyright and domain names issues, conducting global assessments on risk analysis, chances of success, and costs related to infringements, unfair competition actions, and oppositions.
* Manage, protect and enforce global trademark and design portfolios in coordination with the Business including in their projects and in the development of IP rights.
* Handle trademark and copyright aspects of advertising, promotion, and packaging materials, ensuring compliance and mitigating risks.
* Manage trademark licenses with third parties, and review IP clauses in partnerships/co-branding agreements.
* Handle litigation on IP matters, including instructions and coordination with local outside counsels and in-house regional lawyers, as well as follow-up on legal proceedings, ensuring cost-management and consistency of legal proceedings. Negotiate settlements, and review draft documents such as cease and desist letters, notices of opposition, settlement agreements and co-existence agreements.
* Conduct and review clearance searches and coordinate Brand IP filing and prosecution with Paralegals.
* Monitor IP filings by competitors and contribute to various working and competence groups within the IP legal function.
* Raise awareness and importance of IP to internal stakeholders, actively participating in developing and implementing robust IP strategy and competency development initiatives.
* Providing additional legal advice and support to the Business in connection with the above as needed. Therefore experience in other legal areas is a plus.
**What will make you successful**
* Law degree or qualification as a Trademark attorney.
* Experience as an in-house Legal Counsel within an international environment.
* Proven experience in the field of Intellectual Property (IP).
* Previous exposure to pre-Litigation and Litigation matters.
* The ability to manage a broad range of stakeholders.
* Strong organizational skills and ability to work autonomously.
* Proactive and business-oriented mindset.
* Excellent team player, able to collaborate effectively within a matrix organization.
* Proficiency in English is required, and fluency in French is a plus.
At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people-s lives that we touch every single day.
Be a force for good. Join Nestlé and visit us on www.nestle.com.
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Vevey, CH