Counsel/Senior Counsel

Chevron • Houston, TX

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About The Position

The IP Counsel / Senior IP Counsel provides intellectual property legal services to assigned clients in Chevron’s Oil, Products and Gas and Technology Products and Execution organizations. The role guides the development, protection, and use of proprietary technologies that support Chevron’s competitive position, working with clients developing, commercializing, investing in, or deploying innovative technologies. The position is part of the Intellectual Property Law Group and reports to Chevron’s Managing Counsel for Intellectual Property. The role involves close collaboration with global internal business clients and law colleagues, with flexible work schedules.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in chemistry, physics, or engineering.
• Juris Doctor degree and admission to at least one state bar or the District of Columbia Bar.
• At least 7 years of experience in intellectual property law, focused on one or more preferred technology fields, including chemical, chemical engineering, geophysics, geosciences, and/or data processing.
• Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with clients to achieve business objectives and goals.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement intellectual property strategies supporting technology development, deployment, and commercialization.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and defend intellectual property and patent portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to draft and negotiate technology-related agreements, including license, joint development, testing, common interest, and non-disclosure/non-analysis agreements of varying complexity, and to advise on those agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and mitigate infringement risks.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate potential enforcement opportunities and disputed matters.
• Ability to coordinate seamlessly and collaborate effectively with business clients, in-house lawyers and legal professionals, subject-matter experts, and outside counsel.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teaming skills that enable the candidate to quickly develop trusted relationships and work seamlessly across business and legal groups.
• Highly responsive, professional, and effective advocacy.
• Commercially minded and solutions focused, with the ability to provide practical, risk-appropriate advice.
• Strong analytical skills and sound judgment.
• Proactive and productive approach.
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach.
• Integrity and commitment to excellence.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-change, high-volume environment and navigate between strategic objectives and execution details.

Responsibilities

• Provide general legal counsel to Chevron entities engaged in technology or product development.
• Provide intellectual property legal subject-matter expertise to general practice attorneys and business units.
• Advise on developing and implementing intellectual property protection and technology commercialization strategies.
• Support the development and management of patent and intellectual property portfolios.
• Draft and negotiate agreements, particularly agreements related to technical development and licensing.
• Partner with business clients, general practice attorneys in business segments, subject-matter experts, outside counsel, patent agents, and legal analysts to deliver practical, risk-appropriate solutions.
• Assess and advise management on patent infringement risks, enforcement, and other disputed matters, including IPRs and oppositions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree