Bring your IP practice into a commercially focused Sydney CBD law firm where you can keep building, stay close to clients and work within a collaborative, well-supported senior team.

• Senior Associate, Special Counsel or Partner-level opportunity
• Intellectual Property and Brands practice
• Sydney CBD location
• Boutique commercial firm | 8 Partners with 30 Lawyers
• Transportable practice required

Salary and features of this Partnership Opportunity:
  
This is a rare blend of platform, autonomy and upside. You will have room to grow your own client relationships, access to an expanding commercial client base, and support from experienced practitioners who understand IP, brands and business.

• $250,000–$300,000 salary package | negotiable based on your practice 
• Genuine equity pathway for the right candidate
• All marketing, overheads and administration provided by the firm
• Autonomy to originate, retain, and develop your own client relationships within the firm 
• An established commercial client base across franchising, corporate, and commercial property to draw on from day one 
• Collaborative, commercially driven culture with direct access to senior partners 
• Flexible working arrangements 
• A firm that backs practitioners who generate work and rewards them directly

About the Firm: 

My client  is a Sydney CBD firm with a well-regarded and growing Intellectual Property practice.

Known for sophisticated work across franchise, commercial, and IP law, the firm advises high-growth Australian businesses, national franchise networks, and established corporations who need sharp IP advice to protect and monetise their intangible assets.

The IP group works across the full spectrum — trademark prosecution and portfolio management, licensing and commercialisation, brand enforcement, and transactional IP — and the volume and complexity of that work is increasing. Partners are accessible, the structure is flat, and business development is actively supported.

The Opportunity: 

This position is for a senior IP practitioner — at special counsel, or partner level — to join and grow the IP group. You will bring an established client base and take it further on a platform that gives you the infrastructure, team, and existing client pipeline to do so.

You will advise across the full spectrum of IP matters: trademark searching, prosecution and registration, portfolio management and brand protection strategies, licensing and commercialisation agreements, IP due diligence in M&A transactions, trade secret and confidential information advice, IP enforcement, and dispute resolution. You will work directly with the firm's IP and commercial partners and have access to the broader client base across franchising, corporate advisory, and commercial property.

The defining requirement is a transportable practice. You bring the clients; Baybridge provides the platform.

Requirements 

• Admitted solicitor with 8+ years PAE in intellectual property law
• Demonstrable transportable practice with client relationships ready to move
• Strong background in trademark prosecution, brand protection, and portfolio management
• Experience in IP licensing, commercialisation, and M&A due diligence (desirable)
• Exposure to IP enforcement and dispute resolution
• Registered Trademarks Attorney accreditation advantageous, not essential
• Commercial, pragmatic approach — clear advice to business clients

HOW TO APPLY

Apply in strict confidence to Daniel Cappellacci:

Daniel Cappellacci
Head of Legal Recruitment, Gorilla Jobs
Available 7.45am to 7.45pm
M: +61 468 718 155 (preferred)
P: 1300 627 687
E: daniel@gorillajobs.com.au

All enquiries are handled with complete confidentiality.