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JOB ID 28179

Legal Specialist (IP Focus) | Legal Affairs (Intellectual Property Area)

  • IT, Telecommunications
  • Legal, Patent, Intellectual Property, In-House Counsel, Legal Affairs
  • Tokyo
  • ¥6,500,000~¥9,000,000

We are a technology company that utilizes location data and advanced technologies to solve social issues in areas such as urban planning, disaster prevention and mitigation, mobility, infrastructure, and public policy.
We collaborate with government agencies, local governments, research institutions, and private companies to consistently promote projects from analysis to demonstration and social implementation.
In addition to Japan, we have a track record in multiple countries and regions including Asia, Europe, North America, and the Middle East, expanding our business globally.
Going forward, we will strengthen our efforts in defense and security, aiming to expand our business with a particular focus on the Middle East and West Asia.
Our environment is characterized by proactive engagement with topics with significant social impact, leveraging our expertise.

Directly under the head of the Legal Department, you will focus on your expertise in intellectual property, while also taking on a wide range of legal services that support business growth, including corporate legal affairs, compliance, global projects, and IPO preparation, with a focus on contract legal affairs, gradually depending on your experience.

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Job Description

  • Responsibilities
    ■ Operation and implementation of intellectual property strategies (★ mainly here)
    ・ Operation
    and application of intellectual property protection policies and employee invention regulations, as well as management processes
    for filing, registration, and rights management ・ Collaboration
    with patent attorney offices ・ Promotion
    of IP asset conversion in collaboration with the R&D department ・ Development of management systems
    for technology, know-how, trade secrets, etc. ■ Contract legal affairs
    ・Drafting and reviewing
    NDAs, outsourcing contracts, data provision/license agreements, IP license agreements, joint research and development agreements, business partnership agreements, agency agreements, etc. ・Standardization
    of contract templates and standardization of review standards ・Streamlining contract operations and shortening
    lead times using CLM and AI tools ■
    Support for
    corporate legal affairs, management of institutions such as boards of directors, shareholders' meetings, and management meetings, registration, shareholder relations, corporate document management
    , and governance support
    for domestic and overseas subsidiaries ■ Legal participation in global projects,
    compliance, overseas projects, support for overseas subsidiaries, and overseas M&A
    ・Operation
    of antisocial and compliance checks, export control, anti-bribery, consultation and
    regulation development related to the Subcontract Act, planning and implementation support
    for internal training ・Assistance
    with risk mapping and operation of risk management systems ■ Legal knowledge and business infrastructure
    development ・ Legal knowledge development using contract templates, manuals, Notions, etc
    . ・Collaboration and progress management
    with external experts such as law firms and patent attorney offices ・Streamlining legal work using legal tech and AI tools
  • Requirements
    ・Practical experience in intellectual property at corporate intellectual property departments, patent offices, or law firms (application and rights management, employee inventions, know-how management, or IP-related license contracts)
    *Guideline: 2–3 years
    or more ・Some contract legal experience
    at a company ・Motivation to
    grow and want to expand my career as a generalist in the entire legal field while leveraging my strengths in intellectual property ・Experience running projects independently and standardizing and improving
    business processes: Lawyer or patent attorney qualifications not required (holding one is welcome)
  • Preferred
    ・Practical experience in corporate intellectual property departments (patents, trademarks, copyrights, service inventions, know-how/trade secret management, applications and rights management, IP disputes, collaboration with patent attorney offices)
    ・Patent attorney qualification/lawyer
    qualifications, legal and intellectual property experience
    at startup/venture companies, legal experience at
    IT/software/data-related companies, manufacturer legal affairs, and intellectual property experience
    ・Experience
    in corporate legal affairs (general meeting and board management, registration, subsidiary management) ・Legal experience
    in data licensing/personal information protection/data utilization ・Experience handling
    export control and economic security-related matters ・Experience handling English-language contracts (NDAs/MOU, etc.) / Motivation
    for English-language operations ・Experience
    in streamlining with LegalTech and AI (LegalOn Cloud, Gemini/Claude, etc.) ・IPO preparation / experience handling listed companies
  • Location
    Tokyo
  • Work Style
    Remote working possible, Flex working possible
  • Salary
    ¥6,500,000~¥9,000,000
  • Attractive
    Points
    Japanese company with global opportunities, Over 50% Mid-Career Hires, Weekends and holidays off, Preparing for IPO, Venture Company, New businesses and services

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