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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