Partner, Intellectual Property — New York

This is an ongoing partner-level search, handled confidentially. The brief is revisited each cycle with the client, and the detail below reflects the current brief.

Senior hire to lead and expand an established intellectual property practice in New York. This role will combine client-facing matter leadership, business development, and management of complex IP portfolios across counseling, prosecution and enforcement.

The practice handles a mix of transactional work, litigation support and strategic counseling for corporate clients. The new partner will play a central role in growing the practice and mentoring more junior lawyers.

• Portable book of business of $2M+ (USD)
• Established track record as a partner-level IP lawyer (prosecution and/or litigation)
• Proven business development and client management skills in the US market

If the brief does not read like an exact match, it is usually still worth talking — partner briefs move with the candidate.