Legal Counsel (Intellectual Property Counsel)– GBR

About SHEIN

SHEIN is a global fashion and lifestyle e-retailer committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all. We use on-demand manufacturing technology to connect suppliers to our agile supply chain, reducing inventory waste and enabling us to deliver a variety of affordable products to customers around the world. From our global offices, we reach customers in more than 150 countries.

Our mission is to help people express their individuality through the latest trends that are accessible and affordable. To learn more about SHEIN, check us out at sheingroup.com, instagram.com/shein official and shein.com.

Founded in 2012, SHEIN has over 16,000 employees operating from offices around the world, with Global Headquarters located in Singapore and EMEA Headquarters in Dublin. In SHEIN, we work with outstanding, creative, and capable peers. We share an energetic and open culture for capable people to discern, work and ignite as a team.

Position Summary

This is an exciting role for a UK or European jurisdiction qualified lawyer supporting SHEIN’s business and operations in the region. This will be a broad advisory role with a focus on IP and disputes related matters working directly with senior stakeholders across the business in our relevant global locations.

The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about e-commerce and innovation, enjoy a fast-paced environment and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice and legal support to the business on all IP and/or disputes related matters
• Collaborating with the relevant business teams to ensure compliance and implementing and improving processes and procedures to enhance IP protection and IP infringement prevention
• Keeping appraised of the latest laws and regulations impacting the company and its operations in the region and advise on best practice
• Working closely with cross-disciplinary teams and rest of the global legal team to conduct IP and disputes related risk assessments
• Handling IP or other commercial disputes, including gathering evidence for litigation and liaising with external counsel, negotiating settlements Handling tale-down notices and appeals
• Providing day-to-day legal support to business teams and developing strategies for handling legal issues in creative, efficient, and business-centric ways

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years (for legal counsel) of post-qualification at reputable law firm and/or large corporations. Good amount of in-house experience required
• Extensive practical experience in IP and dispute resolution
• Experience managing IP litigation before High Court and IPEC and organising evidence
• Experience handling take-down notices on e-commerce platforms
• High degree of independence, initiative, and good judgement. Commercial and pragmatic in your approach to legal advice whilst maintaining a strong sense of professional accountability and integrity
• Experience and capacity to lead multi-jurisdictional projects and coordinate external advisors.
• Ability to deliver results, both as an individual contributor and as a member of the EMEA and global legal teams.

SHEIN is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace environment.