Position Snapshot

Location: Vevey, Switzerland
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé 
Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100 % 
Type of contract: Permanent contract  
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 Global Litigation Lead you will provide the necessary competence, transparency and consistency to ensure effective dispute management at a Group level.

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, 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 Global Litigation Lead

• Manage the development and implementation of a Group Litigation Strategy, improving wins over losses
• Maintain visibility of litigation at a Group level and monitoring the litigation risk profile of the Group (including the preparation litigation reports for the Executive Board and Board)
• Oversight and management of all Centre litigation, while ensuring with Centre and Market teams that significant litigation is managed consistently 
• Oversight of Brand IP and Patent opposition portfolios to ensure consistency of approach and litigation against sensitive competitors 
• Responsible for the organization of the Litigation Council and for facilitating a Litigation Centre of Competence with the identified litigation experts in the Markets.
• Introduce and communicate best practices and learnings in litigation case management (including opposition best practices in Brand IP and Patents)
• Maintain an active relationship with key external litigation counsel, monitoring cost and quality of service, managing conflicts and monitoring external litigation trends and best practices
• Ensure we manage (and leverage where appropriate) existing commercial relationships with counterparties
• Create and implement a choice of law and jurisdiction policy in order to manage contractual risk coherently at a Group level
• Track and optimize litigation spend; identifying and using IT tools to facilitate cost-effectiveness

What will make you successful

• Minimum 10 years' experience of litigation and dispute management in Europe
• Qualification as a lawyer in a European jurisdiction
• Proven track record in intellectual property litigation        
• Proactive, analytical, clear and accurate communicator
• Ready and able to litigate aggressively when required
• Fluency in the English Language is essential