Experienced Hire

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You will be assigned a partner as a line manager. They will support you in your career development as well as with day-to-day supervision. You will receive work from partners across your practice group, meaning that you will gain the benefit of input from multiple perspectives and you will also have every opportunity to raise your profile within the firm. We have a strong reputation as a training firm and what better way to get a balanced view of the profession than by working with a range of people. As you gain in experience, you will be given the opportunity to pass your knowledge and experience on to your more junior colleagues.

If you are comfortable travelling to the London office and are able to do so, we would love to meet you in person. There is no expectation that you should come to the London office and we are fully set up to conduct interviews remotely. Our aim is to be flexible and for our candidates to be as comfortable as possible during these unprecedented times whilst interviewing with us.

We have a clear path to partnership, which you can see in our timeline on the Graduates page. We are clear about the qualifications and skills you will need to progress from one stage to the next and your line manager will have regular discussions with you about your career development.

We will pay for courses aimed at preparing you for your exams and provide you with the books you need. We provide paid study leave for you to the attend courses and examinations, and give you some independent study time. Our on-the-job training will go a long way to prepare you for these exams, along with internal seminars from our qualified associates to help in your studies.

We have a social committee which organise events throughout the year; be it bowling on Brick Lane, treasure hunts around Shoreditch, or the classic party in the lounge, we try to get the whole firm together as often as possible. There are always people willing to go for a hard-earned drink on a Friday and there is, of course, the longstanding curry night. We also have a hectic inter-firm softball schedule each summer.

At GJE, all our trainees and qualified attorneys are exposed to a broad range of work. You can expect to be working extensively with some of our many direct clients, who range from start-ups to multinationals. As well as managing and prosecuting global portfolios, you will be involved extensively in the drafting of new patent applications. You will be encouraged to forge your own relationships with clients and we will help you to develop the client care skills and commercial understanding which are essential to the way we do things here at GJE. Many of our clients are regularly attacking or defending patents before the EPO and we often deal with local infringement matters, so there are also plenty of opportunities for you to get directly involved in contentious matters.

We have introduced hybrid working, enabling all of our employees to benefit from a mix of working from home and in the office. We believe this gives us the best of both worlds, allowing us face-to-face time with our colleagues, whilst maintaining our wellbeing and balance in our lives.

Your wellbeing is important to us and as such we have a variety of initiatives in place for all our employees covering the four key wellbeing areas: physical, mental, financial and social. Our initiatives include mental health first aiders, wellness actions plans and confidential advice and counselling.

There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in internal projects; be it working on operational projects, getting involved with our social committee, or helping out with recruitment. We also encourage all of our trainees and attorneys to get involved in business development; there are plenty of opportunities to represent the firm at events and conferences, write articles on the latest developments in IP, as well as work on specific projects.