Trainee Patent Attorney – Biotechnology and Life Sciences

J A Kemp

Oct 2, 2023

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Legal
Science
Cambridge, +2

Requirements

Candidates should have an excellent track record of achievement at school and university with a minimum of a 2.1 honours degree in a biosciences subject, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, immunology or plant sciences.
We are open to applications from candidates holding or studying for a first or higher degree or doctorate.

Responsibilities

Training as a Patent Attorney is a career path that will enable you to combine your understanding of science with legal expertise. You will leave the lab environment yet remain at the cutting edge of science and technology, applying your knowledge and skill in a commercial context. You will help to protect intellectual property assets and grow businesses.
We offer a programme of training to take you right through to qualification as a patent attorney (European and UK Chartered). We support you with one to one mentoring, external courses, internal tutorials and on-the-job training. We are very proud of our training programme and the examination success rate achieved by our candidates. We will continue to support your professional development throughout your career with the firm.

J A Kemp

European and UK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys

Law

Industry

201-500

Employees

Mission & Purpose

J A Kemp is a leading firm of European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. We combine independent thinking with collective excellence in all that we do. The technical and legal knowledge that we apply to the protection of our clients’ patents is outstanding in its breadth and depth. With around 100 science and technology graduates in the firm, including 50 PhDs, no area of science or technology is outside our scope. Our Patent Attorneys have collective in-depth expertise in patent law and procedure in every country of the world. The team of professionals who advise our clients on trade mark and design matters have backgrounds in major international law firms and hold qualifications as Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorneys, Solicitors and European Trade Mark Professional Representatives. Dedicated to this specialist area of intellectual property protection, the team has the expertise and resources to protect trade marks and designs in any market worldwide. Our offices are located in London, Paris, Oxford, Cambridge and Munich. Our clients are based throughout the world. We are ranked in tier 1 by all major legal and intellectual property directories.

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Discretionary bonus scheme
Contributory pension scheme (with contributions up to 5% of salary matched by the firm)
Life assurance scheme (4 x annual salary)
Group Income Protection (after three months’ probation)
Private Medical Insurance
20 days annual holiday (with an additional day in December or January at Partners’ discretion). Annual holiday increases with each year of service, up to 25 days
Flex scheme allowing for 8 additional days’ holiday per year in return for excess hours worked for the firm.
Flexible working around core hours including up to 40% remote working
Travel and personal accident insurance for business and pleasure
Annual season ticket loan (after three months’ probation)

Trainee Patent Attorney – Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Requirements

Responsibilities

J A Kemp

Mission & Purpose

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Discretionary bonus scheme

Contributory pension scheme (with contributions up to 5% of salary matched by the firm)

Life assurance scheme (4 x annual salary)

Group Income Protection (after three months’ probation)

Private Medical Insurance

20 days annual holiday (with an additional day in December or January at Partners’ discretion). Annual holiday increases with each year of service, up to 25 days

Flex scheme allowing for 8 additional days’ holiday per year in return for excess hours worked for the firm.

Flexible working around core hours including up to 40% remote working

Travel and personal accident insurance for business and pleasure

Annual season ticket loan (after three months’ probation)