Job Description
Are you interested in a great opportunity to continue your legal career by working in-house for one of the leading Energy companies in the world? Shell is looking for talented legal counsel Intellectual Property to work in The Hague.The legal function in Shell is business oriented and focuses on adding value through partnering. Our legal professionals are expected to bring a strategic mindset and high performance attitude to the table which allows Legal to help shape the business and drive towards Shell’s ambition to become the world’s most competitive and innovative energy company.
We’re currently looking to recruit a Senior Patent Attorney to join us in the Netherlands. The successful candidate will provide optimal patent protection in a defined area of Shell’s businesses, defend patents against attacks by third parties and, if necessary, assist in the enforcement of patents. Shell has around 29,000 patents in over 110 countries you’ll be responsible for managing part of this holding and the IP risks relating to the business area you’re focused on.
Responsibilities:
- Providing cost effective and efficient legal/intellectual property services tailored to the needs and priorities of one or more global Shell businesses;
- Providing objective, informed and legally competent advice and direction to the management of Shell businesses regarding intellectual property rights, opportunities, risks and liabilities;
- Securing and maintaining optimal protection worldwide for the Shell Group’s intellectual property, including identifying inventions, preparing and prosecuting patent applications and defending Shell Group’s patents against attacks by third parties;
- Maintaining an understanding of the Shell businesses the individual supports, including detailed knowledge of R&D/Technology activities and plans, business operations and plans, business and technology and IP strategies, the businesses’ portfolios of IP rights and assets, the businesses’ obligations and liabilities under its IP-related third party agreements, and the technology and IP positions and strategies of competitors and other third parties active in business and/or technology areas of interest to Shell;
- Maintaining expertise in laws, regulations and legal processes generally or specifically applicable to the responsibilities of this Senior Patent Attorney; demonstrating ability to work within a field characterized by much uncertainty in the law; maintaining a working knowledge of laws, regulations and processes throughout the world;
- Following and mastering relevant technology developments, both developments originating within Shell and developments by third parties;
- Supporting the development of budgets and exercising appropriate control over internal and external costs;
- Acting and advising in compliance with the complex structure of Shell Group governance in general and in particular Shell Intra-Group Agreements, which focus strongly on controls over intellectual property rights.
Requirements:
We are looking for a qualified Patent Attorney with a technical degree in mechanical engineering or physics or a related discipline. Furthermore we are looking for somebody with a European and a national qualification that required formal examination on all aspects of European and relevant national patent laws and patent practice with more than 10 years of experience (post European Patent Office (“EPO”) qualification) in patent practice, including experience in oppositions and other hearings before the EPO.
Application Deadline: Saturday 29 September 2012
Number of Vacancies: 1
Company Description
Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies. It consists of the businesses of Upstream Americas, Upstream International, Downstream, and Projects & Technology. With around 93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories, Shell is helping to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways. Our strategy seeks to reinforce our position as a leader in the oil and gas industry in order to provide a competitive shareholder return while helping to meet global energy demand in a responsible way. In Upstream we focus on exploring for new oil and gas reserves and developing major projects where our technology and know-how adds value to the resource holders. In Downstream our emphasis remains on sustained cash generation from our existing assets and selective investments in growth markets. Shell by numbers (figures for 2010) Shell by numbers + 90 countries where we operate ~93,000 number of employees 48% of our production is natural gas 16.8 million tonnes of LNG sold (2010) 3.3 million barrels of gas and oil we produce every day 43,000 Shell service stations worldwide 145 billion litres of fuel sold (2010) >30 refineries and chemical plants we runAdditional Information
- Posted:
- August 22, 2012
- Type:
- Full-time
- Experience:
- Mid-Senior level
- Functions:
- Legal
- Industries:
- Oil & Energy
- Job ID:
- 3610688
