Litigation Counsel

Litigation Counsel is to support South East Asian litigation work with an emphasis on patent matters but also including other litigation as need be.
- and out-licensing teams in the field of patents, and also with professionals from various other functions across the entire Nokia organization.

The person selected will be expected to play an active role in not just maintaining but strengthening Nokia’s litigation function. This should include a rigorous ‘early case assessment’ process, a hands-on approach with outside counsel, close oversight of budgets and spend, maintenance and cultivation of relationships with business and functional leaders across the company, effective use of state of the art litigation management tools and dashboards, creative use of alternative fee arrangements, and more.
- Identify, develop and implement effective and cost-efficient strategies to obtain optimal outcomes in each case
- Effectively manage outside counsel relationships and control costs and external spend
- Implement effective early case assessment procedures
- Implement effective case management systems and advanced dashboards for reporting on litigation matters for a wide range of interested stakeholders
- Partner effectively with business leaders to obtain maximum results balanced with sensitivity towards business disruption and impairment of key customer and supplier relationships
- In collaboration with other functions including Finance, Internal Audit, Ethics & Compliance, Health & Safety and more, respond to government and regulatory agency inquiries, investigations and claims
- Work closely with, and be a resource to other members of the Legal & Compliance team including professionals with special experience in compliance, regulatory, IPRs, software, hardware and other product related issues
- Proactively identify and solve the most complex problems and think beyond existing solutions to create sustainable competitive advantage

Experience & Qualifications
- Legally qualified in a South East Asian jurisdiction or, alternatively, in another jurisdiction but with significant experience of South East Asian matters.
- Business fluent in English.
- Minimum of 3 years PQE predominantly in IP litigation matters.
- Experience may be in a global law firm, in house position, or government, or any combination;
- As many of the disputes involve highly complex patent disputes, a high level of interest in technology or science is essential.
- Ability to think strategically and to serve as a trusted business partner with senior business leaders.Can develop relevant and creative solutions to meet current and evolving business needs.

Location & travel
- Location flexible within South East Asia.
- Must be willing to travel as role involves regular travel within the South East Asian region.

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