Trade Mark Paralegal

Title: Trade Mark Paralegal

Location: Munich (Hybrid 2/3 Days a week)

The Position

This position is highly regarded within HGF and forms an integral part of the running of our trade mark support operations across Europe. The role will work remotely or directly with a number of Attorneys along with a wider team of Trade Mark support colleagues.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage international trade mark and design formalities to protect clients' intellectual property rights
• Ensure accurate handling of trade mark filings, deadline tracking, and IP schedule management
• Coordinate with partners, attorneys, and foreign agents to progress actions and meet key deadlines
• Maintain and update internal IP databases and due date diary systems to ensure accuracy and efficiency
• Prepare cost estimates and complete legal documentation required for trade mark and design registrations
• Monitor portfolio status and produce professional correspondence for clients and trade mark authorities while staying up to date with global legislation

About You

You are a detail-oriented and highly organised professional with a passion for delivering accuracy

in complex, deadline-driven environments. Fluent in both German and English, you

communicate confidently in writing and verbally, enabling you to collaborate effectively with

international clients, attorneys, and foreign agents. You have some experience in Trade Mark

administration.

With a meticulous approach to your work, you take pride in ensuring that trade mark filings,

deadline management, and Trade Mark records are maintained with absolute precision. You are

proactive and self-motivated, capable of prioritising a varied workload while remaining

composed under pressure and meeting critical deadlines.

Above all, you are dedicated to providing a reliable, accurate, and professional service that

safeguards clients' intellectual property rights worldwide.

About HGF:

HGF Limited is one of Europe's largest intellectual property specialist firms offering a fully integrated IP solution, bringing over 200 Patent Attorneys, Trade Mark Attorneys and IP Solicitors together to provide a full-service IP solution.

With 25 offices across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, France, Switzerland & Austria, HGF's Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys provide specialist technical and legal advice to blue chip organisations and small to medium businesses across the world. Many of our clients are household names and the work HGF does allows them to protect and exploit their inventions, new products and branding.

Why move to HGF?

• HGF takes a transparent and merit-based approach to your career development and you will have the opportunity to shape your long-term progression.
• We're a firm with a focus on DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion), with a staff led DEI Focus Group, affinity networks and a DEI Board sponsor
• As a business we have a dedicated Learning and Development team focused on career long development of your skills along with a digital learning platform covering a wide range of content
• Benefits including our award winning enhanced parental leave policy, 27 days holiday, bonus scheme and flexible working

HGF Values

People - People matter. We treat people fairly, with respect and compassion. We foster a friendly, inclusive and enjoyable culture for everyone to prosper in. We invest in our people and offer appropriate coaching and training to assist with development and learning. We promote a healthy work-life balance. Progression is based on merit.

Excellence – We strive to be the best. We pursue excellence in all our individual roles resulting in outstanding legal and technical advice for our clients. Our people are pragmatic, responsive and commercially minded. We do not presume but listen to understand so we can engage proactively and appropriately.

Teamwork – We stand together. We work with our clients to protect their interests, and with each other as a mutually supporting firm. We value, appreciate and listen to others, regardless of role, recognising each individual's particular blend of talent, skill and experience. We are individually and jointly accountable and take responsibility for our actions and decisions.

Progressive – We innovate. We continually improve our services and processes through understanding, creativity, and investment. We evolve by taking opportunities and adopting new business procedures, unencumbered by historical structures or out-of-date attitudes. As a firm, we have an entrepreneurial spirit, and encourage new thinking in our people.