Senior Paralegal

About Us Ploughshare Innovations Limited converts technology research crafted by government organisations into civilian applications. Our work is hugely multifaceted, providing many intellectual challenges to assess IP in support of the UK’s wealth and prosperity strategy. We evaluate a wide variety of technologies and therefore need upbeat, versatile and passionate people to enable this process to run smoothly. We empower businesses of all kinds to benefit from technologies developed by leading government laboratories such as Dstl and AWE, and others from outside of MOD. Ploughshare provides commercialisation advice and expertise, enabling the UK to harness IP for the nation by working with our colleagues in industry, academia, and government departments. We are now looking for a Senior Paralegal to work within the Commercialisation Team to lead the review of legal documentation used by the Company with its clients. The role requires the postholder to revise existing Agreements (e.g. non-disclosure agreements, IP option agreements, IP licence agreements, consultancy agreements, etc.) as well as draft new Agreements and other Company documents and support the Commercialisation Team with drafting outgoing commercial agreements. The postholder will work with members of the Commercialisation and Operations teams as well as external stakeholders.

Person Specification Reporting to the Senior Commercialisation Manager overseeing the Legal Agreements Project, the successful candidate will be a qualified paralegal and will have extensive knowledge and experience in intellectual property and licensing. The likelihood is that they will be from a commercial background, most probably in technology transfer. Strong communication skills – both written (including the drafting of legal documents) and oral – are a must as is the ability to build positive relationships with internal stakeholders and Ploughshare’s external partners. The postholder will have the confidence and wherewithal to be able to talk and discuss the work that they are doing at all levels.

Location This is a home working contract; some occasional travel to London or Salisbury may be required from time to time. There are 4 Quarterly Business Review sessions of 1-2 days/session that employees are expected to attend (at the company’s expense).

Clearance Applicants will need to apply for and possess appropriate security clearance as part of their employment. Accordingly, we are unable to accept candidates who do not meet the following criteria: Be sole UK nationals (dual nationality involving Hong Kong will result in sponsorship being denied). Hold a British passport. Have resided in the UK for a minimum of five years.