The UK litigation team (presently comprising 6 Partners, 13 Associates, 2 trainees and 5 paralegals) and are ranked for patent litigation in Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500 and IAM Patent 1000.Last year they were nominated for the Legal Business News Technology, Media and Telecomunications Team of the Year and won the patent (contentious) team of the year award from Managing Intellectual Property.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Litigation Support

Assisting with Court hearings and trials
Assisting with Expert meetings
Preparation of case updates
Disclosure review
Legal research
Expert Identification
Filing documents using the Court’s online system (CE-Filing)
Interfacing with other firms of solicitors to agree the content of court papers
Preparation of papers for external use (court, barristers, witnesses etc.)
Internal document management (both electronic and paper files)
External document management (i.e. eRooms, archives)
Liaising with transcript writers
Keeping up to date with changes in relevant procedures
Checking, finalising and sending correspondence
Liaising with printers and couriers
Attending hearings of interest to the team
Requesting Skeleton Arguments
Assisting with the Litigation Twitter account

General support

Interfacing with EIP internal travel team to manage solicitor travel
Interfacing with EIP internal teams to open new client files
Dealing with solicitor expenses
Diary management (e.g. arranges meetings, conference calls, etc.)
Fielding calls where appropriate and taking accurate and detailed telephone messages

Reporting Lines

The Litigation Paralegal takes instruction and seeks authorisation from the Senior Litigation Paralegal and partners within EIP’s litigation department

Person Specification

Applicants are sought who already have paralegal experience in an IP environment. We are considering applicants who hold a law degree, LPC or BPTC and possibly a certificate in paralegal studies. We are looking for prospective candidates who are interested in hard IP and Patent Litigation, who can demonstrate the abilities and enthusiasm to lend themselves to this role.

To apply, please send your CV and covering note to careers@eip.com

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