Enforcement Paralegal
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Reports to: Senior Legal Consultant Head of Department Location: Dubai Key relationships: Personnel in Dubai and local agents in the MENA region Role Summary The role is primari.
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Overview
Reports to: Senior Legal Consultant Head of Department Location: Dubai Key relationships: Personnel in Dubai and local agents in the MENA region Role Summary The role is primarily to support the Enforcement team in the management of intellectual property enforcement matters across the Middle East and North Africa region. This includes assisting with litigation, criminal and administrative enforcement actions, liaising with local counsel, investigators and authorities, monitoring case progress, preparing draft reports and maintaining enforcement databases and records. The role requires a proactive, organised and detail-oriented individual with strong communication skills and fluency in Arabic, English and French.
Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
- Assisting with the day-to-day management of intellectual property enforcement matters, including court, customs, police, administrative and anti-counterfeiting actions.
- Liaising with local counsel regarding litigation and enforcement proceedings, monitoring case developments, court hearings and procedural deadlines.
- Preparing draft reports, correspondence and client updates regarding enforcement actions, court decisions, settlements, customs detentions, raids and investigations for review by senior management.
- Reviewing and summarising legal documents, including court decisions, memoranda, pleadings, settlement agreements, warning letters, powers of attorney and other enforcement-related documentation.
- Assisting with the management of customs detention matters, including preparing draft detention reports, monitoring deadlines and coordinating with local counsel and authorities.
- Supporting the planning, coordination and execution of raids, investigations and enforcement actions, including attending raids and inspections where required.
- Assisting with investigations, including coordinating investigators, reviewing investigation findings and preparing draft investigation reports.
- Monitoring litigation and enforcement deadlines and maintaining accurate diary systems, reminders, case management systems and enforcement databases, ensuring that all developments, deadlines, correspondence and follow-up actions are accurately recorded and tracked for all active matters.
- Assisting with the preparation of budgets and cost estimates.
- Coordinating with finance teams regarding invoices, payments, recoveries and enforcement-related costs where required.
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