Job Description

Description

About this role

VP & Legal Counsel Intellectual Property

Your team

Elevate your career by joining the world's largest asset manager! Thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance! We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution. At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and effectively engage your involvement in our success. With over USD $8 trillion in AUM, we have an outstanding responsibility: our technology and services empower millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being.

BlackRock is one of the largest, most sophisticated global investment management firms and a leading provider of financial technology solutions to clients worldwide, including its class-leading Aladdin investment management platform for institutional investors, Aladdin Wealth and Advisor Center analytics platforms for financial advisors, and FutureAdvisor digital advisory business. Our Digital Enterprise Legal team provides legal support to BlackRocks revenue-generating technology business lines and financial advisor and institutional client engagement and education platforms; supports BlackRocks data, technology, and markets infrastructure; and enables innovation by managing the companys intellectual property strategy and assets.

Your role and impact

The IP Legal team within BlackRocks Digital Enterprise Legal team is seeking an experienced, business-minded intellectual property attorney, with a focus on trademarks and copyrights, to join our team. You will work with internal clients globally across multiple business lines and functions in a fast-paced, cutting-edge environment to strategically protect BlackRocks growing intellectual property assets globally. You will help advance BlackRocks business objectives and guide fintech strategies through brand protection and providing IP legal support for trademark and copyright related transactions and issues. You will be based in Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA, Boston, MA or Washington, DC

Your responsibilities

* Assisting with our efforts to strengthen and protect BlackRocks valuable intellectual property assets, including working with BlackRocks business teams and outside counsel to lead the day-to-day management of trademark clearance, prosecution, and maintenance activities for our growing global trademark portfolio; client counseling; and educating internal partners on trademark and copyright issues.
* Supporting our brand enforcement strategies and activities, including via cease-and-desist letters and other pre-litigation enforcement activities.
* Providing trademark and copyright support for IP-related transactions, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating trademark and copyright licenses and other IP-related provisions in technology and other agreements.
* Actively contributing to BlackRocks overall IP strategy, including by refining and streamlining our trademark and copyright-related policies and procedures.
* Staying abreast of and communicating trademark and copyright legal developments that could impact BlackRocks business.

You have

* At least 3 to 6 years of relevant experience as a trademark and copyright attorney in a top-tier law firm or in-house legal department.
* Experience managing global trademark portfolios, including trademark clearance, prosecution, maintenance, enforcement, and licensing, for a large global company. Experience in the asset management industry or related financial industry is a plus, though not required.
* JD degree and membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
* Initiative, attention to detail, and a collaborative working style.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to effectively and concisely communicate complex legal issues to a non-legal audience orally and in writing, and to be a dedicated business partner to internal stakeholders.
* Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple competing, and often evolving, priorities and deadlines.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable.



For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/corporate | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.