Counsel, IP Litigation & Enforcement

At IP House, we empower brands, legal professionals, and rights holders to manage and protect intellectual property – both online and offline – across the globe. Through cutting-edge technology and a deep understanding of trademark, copyright, and patent processes, we deliver scalable solutions for portfolio management, enforcement, and brand integrity. Our enforcement, investigations, revenue recovery, and compliance response practices sit at the center of that mission – disrupting counterfeiting, piracy, and illicit trade for some of the world’s most recognized brands, in partnership with government and law enforcement agencies around the world.

Required

• Qualified lawyer in good standing, admitted or otherwise entitled to practice in the United Kingdom, an EU member state, or a United States jurisdiction — for example a solicitor or barrister of England & Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland; an equivalently qualified lawyer in an EU member state; or a JD holder admitted to a US state bar.
• 3–5 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) gained in private practice, an in-house legal department, a government agency, or a prosecuting authority.
• Based in, and holding the unrestricted right to work in, the United Kingdom or the United States.
• Proven ability to carry a high volume of concurrent matters against firm deadlines with extreme attention to detail, working comfortably across time zones and jurisdictions.
• Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, plain-language guidance that non-lawyer operations, investigations, and client-facing teams can act on, with excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Self-starter with sound judgment: sets priorities, drives matters to closure, makes defensible recommendations on incomplete information, and exercises discretion with confidential, privileged, and sensitive material relating to active investigations and legal matters.

Highly Desired

Substantive background in IP enforcement — anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy, trademark and copyright enforcement, marketplace and digital takedowns, illicit trade, or brand protection.

Desired

• Prior work with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, including developing or supporting criminal referrals, or prior service in a prosecutorial, police, customs, agency, or task-force role.
• Experience in a fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional services environment; additional language capability beyond English is welcome.

IP House seeks excellence through diversity in its staff. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process.

This globally scoped role is open to candidates based anywhere in the United Kingdom or the United States, working fully remotely or on a hybrid basis from one of our UK or US offices. Some flexibility in working hours is expected to accommodate colleagues, clients, and agencies in other time zones, together with availability for urgent escalations outside standard business hours. Occasional domestic or international travel may be required.