Legal Counsel – Intellectual Property Team

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Legal Counsel – Intellectual Property Team

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Are you an experienced lawyer eager to advance your personal and professional growth within a global organization? Do you want to join a top-notch legal team in one of Denmark’s largest corporations? Then this is your opportunity to join United Law, the central legal department of the HEARTLAND and BESTSELLER group.THE TEAM
You will become part of a legal department of 20 highly skilled and engaged colleagues and work in an environment which is characterized by an informal tone, but also a high degree of professionalism. You will experience a companionable and strong team spirit where humor and solidarity play a big part. We have a very close relation to the business, participating in various key decisions and projects, and as Legal Counsel in our IP team you will help implement and navigate our IP strategy across the business focusing on building close working relationships not only to your colleagues in the IP team but also to your colleagues across our brands.THE ROLE
At United Law you will get a challenging role where you will handle a variety of different tasks within intellectual property. As Legal Counsel in a constantly moving organization you will work with a wide range of tasks and projects; both independently, together with colleagues in the legal department as well as with stakeholders across the business. Your tasks will be within the area of intellectual property and will among others include:

• Managing our trademark portfolio,
• Providing advice and sparring on trademark administration and enforcement
• Anchoring our IP strategy through your advice and ongoing training of the business
• Providing high-quality legal advice on various intellectual property matters

YOUR BENEFITS
Joining United Law gives you the opportunity to excel your career in a department where the ambitions are high, and the opportunities are great. Your role will be pivotal, providing significant opportunities to influence processes and to put your mark on the decisions and operation of the functions you support. From your first day, you will experience responsibility, and you can expect a dynamic and challenging work environment in a company where new initiatives are constantly emerging.YOUR PROFILE
You possess a positive attitude, are sociable, and have an interest in and understanding of both the legal aspects and the commercial dimensions of decision-making processes and operations.As Legal Counsel you will collaborate with colleagues across the business. Therefore, it is important that you have a positive energy are straightforward, unpretentious, proactive, and able to communicate and build relationships with colleagues at all levels in the organization. To be successful in the position, it is important that you are detail-orientated, have a high professional level and always strive to achieve the highest standard in your legal work.

More specifically we are looking for someone who:

• Holds a master’s degree within law (cand.jur or cand.merc.jur)
• Has minimum 5 years of experience from a law firm or in-house legal department or similar relevant work experience
• Has extensive experience working with trademarks from the private sector or relevant authorities
• Is fluent in both Danish and English, written and spoken

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU
If you have any questions about the position, please contact General Counsel, Katrine Lyngby on +45 52 15 40 98. Otherwise, please send your application and CV as soon as possible and no later than 29th of October 2024. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to remove the job ad before the application deadline if we find the right candidate.WORK LOCATION: Aarhus CABOUT HEARTLAND
HEARTLAND is a family-owned holding company that strives to make a positive contribution to the world we live in by behaving as a good and responsible corporate citizen.The company’s objectives are to guard the interests and values of the Holch Povlsen family and the BESTSELLER corporation.The HEARTLAND team honours its entrepreneurial and family background, in the way it conducts its business and do investments. Beyond the company’s main interest in fashion, it also engages in areas like; Growth Businesses, Property Development and Nature Conservation, mainly through its investment company BRIGHTFOLK and WILDLAND.ABOUT BESTSELLER
At BESTSELLER, we are more than 20,000 people in 38 different countries working for over 20 fashion brands such as JACK & JONES, SELECTED, VERO MODA, ONLY, PIECES, VILA, OBJECT, MAMALICIOUS, NAME IT, NOISY MAY and Y.A.S. We are a family-owned company with a strong foundation and values to build on, empowering us to pursue the ideas we believe in to take BESTSELLER forward. We are committed to diversity and provide equal opportunities for everyone, irrespective of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We strive to create an empowering environment where people can thrive and develop. For more information, visit www.bestseller.com.

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Location

Aarhus, Midtjylland

Job date

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:45:21 GMT

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