Managing Legal Counsel – Intellectual Property
T. Rowe PriceAbout the role
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Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced, business-oriented Managing Legal Counsel to join the Legal Department’s Intellectual Property Group. This role is designed for a seasoned intellectual property lawyer who will support the firm’s overall global IP strategy and be accountable for the day-to-day operations and responsibilities of the Intellectual Property Group.
The Managing Legal Counsel will serve as a legal advisor on the development, protection, enforcement, commercialization, and governance of the firm’s intellectual property assets globally. The role will include leadership across trademark and copyright matters, brand protection, licensing, trade secret strategy, IP-related contract counseling, third-party IP and data use, and scalable legal enablement for business and legal stakeholders. The role will collaborate closely with the Head of the Intellectual Property Group and other team members to align legal strategy, operational priorities, matter execution, and stakeholder support.
Positioned at the intersection of intellectual property law and innovative marketing and product development, the successful candidate will partner closely with attorneys, analysts, business leaders, technologists, risk professionals, compliance partners, and external counsel. The role requires strong legal judgment, pragmatic business orientation, sound prioritization, and the ability to operate independently in a highly regulated global environment.
Responsibilities
Portfolio Management, Enforcement, Transactions and Licensing:
- Support the execution of the firm’s global intellectual property strategy, including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, patents, proprietary content, and other intellectual property assets.
- Lead strategic legal counseling on brand, product, service, and campaign naming initiatives, including trademark clearance, risk assessment, filing strategy, prosecution, maintenance, and launch readiness.
- Oversee intellectual property enforcement and dispute matters, including investigations, cease-and-desist activity, online brand protection, domain name issues, marketplace monitoring, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
- Draft, negotiate, review, and advise on intellectual property licenses and related agreements.
- Advise transactional attorneys and business partners on intellectual property provisions in complex commercial agreements with suppliers, partners, distributors, clients, technology providers, data vendors, and other third parties.
- Manage outside counsel relationships and drive accountability for global portfolio strategy, matter execution, deadlines, budgets, reporting, and deliverables.
- Advise on compliance with third-party intellectual property, proprietary data, market data, content, technology, and contractual usage requirements in collaboration with legal, compliance, risk, technology, procurement, and business stakeholders.
IP Group Operations:
- Be accountable for the day-to-day operation and responsibi
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