Zi: 18 octombrie 2018

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE is recruiting a Director | Directorate Appeals Committee Secretariat

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE is recruiting a Director | Directorate Appeals Committee Secretariat.

With almost 7 000 employees, the European Patent Office (EPO) is one of the largest public service institutions in Europe. Its headquarters are in Munich and it also has offices in Berlin, Brussels, The Hague and Vienna. The EPO was founded with the aim of strengthening co-operation on patents in Europe. Through the EPO’s centralised patent granting procedure, inventors are able to obtain high-quality patent protection in up to 44 countries, covering a market of some 700 million people. The EPO is also the world’s leading authority in patent information and patent searching.
In 2017, the EPO received over 165 000 patent applications and granted over 105 000 patents. Its free online patent database, Espacenet, contains more than 100 million technical documents from 100 countries, and its free neural machine translation service, Patent Translate, provides instant, high-quality translation in 32 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian.

The Appeals Committee (ApC) is an advisory administrative body which provides for a peer review of disputed decisions as part of the EPO’s formal dispute settlement procedures by delivering reasoned opinions on individual decisions or acts adversely affecting staff.
The chair, vice-chair and members of the ApC act independently and impartially in the performance of their duties.

The role of the Directorate Appeals Committee Secretariat is to support the functioning of the ApC. Its director acts as an interface between the chair of the ApC and the Appeals Committee Secretariat. The Secretariat is composed of lawyers and administrative employees and is based in Munich.

To ensure the efficient operation of the directorate, and in view of the concerted effort being made to ensure the punctual processing of pending appeals, the Secretariat is looking for an experienced director on a temporary basis for a period of three years.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
– meeting expectations regarding the punctual processing of pending appeals;
– supervising the registration of incoming internal appeals, structuring/clustering new appeals;
– managing the staff of the Appeals Committee Secretariat (lawyers and assistants);
– developing the Secretariat’s internal procedures and new workflows for mastering the workload (further development of (electronic) working tools);
– acting as line manager and ensuring the performance of the team (timeliness, quality);
– managing resources and ensuring the proper workload balance and performance of the Secretariat;
– advising on legal formalities arising with internal appeals;
– updating and maintaining the database of ApC opinions;
– managing the interface between the different stakeholders: (i) chair and vice-chair, (ii) Secretariat and (iii) parties;
– undertaking duty travel as required by business needs.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
– diploma of completed university studies at master’s level or – in exceptional cases – equivalent professional experience;
– excellent knowledge of one official language and ability to understand the other two; in exceptional cases, excellent knowledge of one official language and ability to understand another;
– citizenship of one of the member states of the European Patent Organisation.

TIMEFRAME
It is intended to hold the interviews in week 46, in Munich.

Job group: 3
Grade: G13/3 (net (basic) monthly salary* for this vacancy: EUR 12.074,72
Duration of appointment: 3 years
Career path: Managerial
Location: Munich
Application deadline: 26.10.2018
* after deduction of EPO internal tax and before deduction of staff contributions to the social-security and pension schemes.

To foster gender diversity, EPO encourages applications from female candidates.
The EPO is an equal opportunities employer and supports workforce diversity as a signatory to the Diversity Charter (Charta der Vielfalt) since 2010.
All applications for vacant positions will be welcomed and considered on the professional merits of the applicant against the role profile for the position regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, parental responsibilities, age, religion or belief.

For the online application please click here.

MARAVELA & ASOCIAŢII is looking for a senior associate

Maravela & Asociatii

MARAVELA & ASOCIAŢII is looking for a senior associate.

Client portfolio ever-growing and complex mandates piling up, our consultancy team is currently on the lookout for an experienced colleague, knowledgeable in IT & telecom as well as data protection matters. Our talented and experienced new colleague should have a minimum of 3-5+ years of experience, since final Bar qualification (definitivat).

WHAT WE ARE OFFERING
– the opportunity to work with an award-winning team that is highly appraised by clients (“best of all firms in jurisdictions I have worked with” is, for instance, an eloquent client quote);
– work environment centred on strong ethics, integrity and team spirit;
– high profile clients and assignments;
– career advancement opportunities based on professional and personal qualities;
– development of management skills.

WHAT WE ARE SEEKING
– member of the Bar, with practical experience of 3-5+ years since final Bar qualification (definitivat), out of which at least 3-4 years with a medium/large law firm (>10 lawyers);
– thorough knowledge of IT & telecom, data protection and corporate matters is required; further experience in other areas of practice is a plus;
– full working proficiency in English (written and spoken) is an absolute must, including strong knowledge of legal English terms and terminology; fluency in a second foreign language is an advantage;
– openness to continuous professional training, team spirit and adaptability to firm`s policies;
– patience and dedication to forming junior team members;
– LL.M or legal PhD and any other degrees in law awarded by a foreign university are a plus.

Please send your resume and letter of intent (explaining why you chose to be part of our team and what motivates you in your legal career) to [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Associate Advisory.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.

Anunțul este valabil pentru municipiul București.

* Anunțul expiră la data de 19 noiembrie 2018

ZAMFIRESCU RACOŢI & PARTNERS recrutează avocat definitiv | Litigii

Zamfirescu Racoti & Parteners

ZAMFIRESCU RACOŢI & PARTNERS recrutează avocat definitiv pentru departamentul Litigii.

CANDIDAŢII VOR TREBUI SĂ ÎNDEPLINEASCĂ URMĂTOARELE CONDIŢII GENERALE
– să aibă vechime în profesie cuprinsă între 3 – 5 ani (strict);
– cunoștințe avansate de limba engleză;
– să aibă experiență semnificativă în următoarele domenii: drept comercial, drept civil;
– constituie avantaj experiența în domeniul contenciosului administrativ și piață de capital;
– să dovedească cunoştinţe juridice temeinice;
– capacitate de a reacţiona rapid şi de a lua decizii corecte în momente critice, asumându-şi responsabilităţi;
– să aibă spirit inovativ, excelente abilităţi de comunicator şi de jucător în echipă;
– să aibă cunoştinţe operare PC.

Candidaţii interesaţi pot trimite CV-ul însoţit de o scrisoare de intenţie la adresa de e-mail: [email protected]

Anunțul este valabil pentru municipiul București.

* Anunțul expiră la data de 19 noiembrie 2018

SOCIETATE COMERCIALĂ BUCUREŞTI recrutează avocat

SOCIETATE COMERCIALĂ BUCUREŞTI recrutează avocat.

RESPONSABILITĂŢI
– reprezintă Compania în toate situaţiile de natură juridică, în limitele mandatului încredinţat;
– reprezintă Compania în faţa tuturor instanţelor judecătoreşti;
– informează şi consiliază managementul şi angajaţii Companiei în legătură cu evoluţia legislaţiei;
– întocmeşte formalităţile prevăzute de lege în cazul modificării actului constitutiv, asigurând înregistrarea documentelor la Oficiul Registrului Comerţului;
– redactează opinii juridice scrise în legătură cu contractele încheiate cu Clienţii;
– analizează actele de înfiinţare şi funcţionare ale potenţialilor Clienţi din punct de vedere juridic şi emite opinii pe acest aspect;
– redactează adrese, notificări, somaţii, cereri de executare silită;
– redactează cereri de chemare în judecată, întâmpinări etc.

CERINŢE
– absolvent Universitate – Facultatea de Drept (licenţiat);
– experienţă profesională între 1 şi 3 ani în poziţia de avocat (reprezintă un avantaj experienţa profesională pe drept civil şi comercial);
– disponibilitate pentru deplasări în afara oraşului;
– cunoştinţe în ceea ce priveşte dreptul civil şi procedura civilă; dreptul comercial; contencios administrativ; dreptul fiscal.

Candidaţii sunt rugaţi să trimită CV însoţit de scrisoare de intenţie la adresa de e-mail: [email protected]

Anunțul este valabil pentru municipiul București.

* Anunțul expiră la data de 18 noiembrie 2018