Closing Date: 15th November, 2025
Description:
Responsibilities:Core Responsibilities And Tasks:
- Effectively handles assigned legal activities for business units, functions, or legal practice areas.
- Provides expert advice and counsel on patents, trade secrets and related intellectual property issues to multiple research and development groups, and assistance with intellectual property issues in global markets and more particularly, in the APAC region.
- Supports projects and teams - Supports or leads projects and teams providing legal support and solutions to the company's business units or corporate departments.
- Mitigates risk - Identifies and analyzes existing and emerging legal risks. Develops and implements business-focused strategies to manage risks.
- Compliance - Assists the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and control mechanisms to promote compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Proactive guidance - Stays abreast of new regulations and emerging legal risks; provides proactive advice and counsel to business units and corporate functions that may be impacted.
- Manages outside counsel in an efficient and cost effective manner, as necessary.
- Provides patent investigation, freedom-to-practice, novelty assessment, application preparation and prosecution, in China and abroad (including EPO, US and the PCT).
- Negotiates, drafts, and manages of intellectual property agreements including non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, joint development agreements, government-sponsored research and consulting agreements, technology licenses, distributorship agreements.
- Collaborates with scientists, engineers and researchers and technical directors regarding new products, product innovation and improvements, IP, and patent education.
- Assists with and reviews invention disclosures, research activities and new product innovation, including prior art searching.
- Evaluates of intellectual property and developing protection strategies, providing effective guidance with regard to IP risks and strategies.
- Provides IP due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
- Provides patent, trademark and trade secret dispute and litigation support.
- Identifies trade secrets and secures them with documentation and protection.
- Conducts IP education/training and support for marketing, sales, general legal and technology personnel, and departments.
- “Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.”
Qualifications:
Position Requirements:
Formal Education:
Required:
Preferred:
Knowledge & Experience:
Required:
3+ Years of Intellectual Property Law Experience in A Law Firm or Corporate Legal Department
Preferred:
Technical/skill Requirements:
Required:
Travel Requirements: (time Spent Away from Home or Other Typical Office Location)
5-10%
About Us:
At Sherwin-Williams, Our Purpose Is to Inspire and Improve the World by Coloring and Protecting What Matters. Our Paints, Coatings and Innovative Solutions Make the Places and Spaces in Our World Brighter and Stronger. Your Skills, Talent and Passion Make It Possible to Live This Purpose, and For Customers and Our Business to Achieve Great Results. Sherwin-Williams Is a Place that Takes Its Stability, Growth and Momentum and Translates It to Possibility for Our People. Our People Are Behind the Strength of Our Success, and We Invest and Support You In:
At Sherwin-Williams, Part of Our Mission Is to Help Our Employees and Their Families Live Healthier, Save Smarter and Feel Better. This Starts with A Wide Range of World-Class Benefits Designed for You. from Retirement to Health Care, from Total Well-Being to Your Daily Commute—it Matters to Us. a General Description of Benefits Offered Can Be Found at Http://www.Myswbenefits.Com/. Click on “candidates” to View Benefit Offerings that You May Be Eligible for If You Are Hired as A Sherwin-Williams Employee.
Compensation Decisions Are Dependent on The Facts and Circumstances of Each Case and Will Impact Where Actual Compensation May Fall Within the Stated Wage Range. the Wage Range Listed for This Role Takes Into Account the Wide Range of Factors Considered in Making Compensation Decisions Including Skill Sets; Experience and Training; Licensure and Certifications; and Other Business and Organizational Needs. the Disclosed Range Estimate Has Not Been Adjusted for The Applicable Geographic Differential Associated with The Location at Which the Position May Be Filled. the Wage Range, Other Compensation, and Benefits Information Listed Is Accurate as Of the Date of This Posting. the Company Reserves the Right to Modify This Information at Any Time, with Or without Notice, Subject to Applicable Law.
Qualified Applicants with Arrest or Conviction Records Will Be Considered for Employment in Accordance with Applicable Federal, State, and Local Laws Including with The Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and The California Fair Chance Act Where Applicable.
Sherwin-Williams Is Proud to Be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All Qualified Candidates Will Receive Consideration for Employment and Will Not Be Discriminated Against Based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Protected Veteran Status, Disability, Age, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, Creed, Marital Status or Any Other Consideration Prohibited by Law or By Contract.
As a Vevraa Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams Requests State and Local Employment Services Delivery Systems to Provide Priority Referral of Protected Veterans.
Please Be Aware, Sherwin-Williams Recruiting Team Members Will Never Request a Candidate to Provide a Payment, Ask for Financial Information, or Sensitive Personal Information Like National Identification Numbers, Date of Birth, or Bank Account Numbers During the Application Process.
Required:
- Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
- Registered to Practice Before the Chinese Patent Office
- License to Practice Law Required (applicable Jurisdiction)
Preferred:
- Detailed Knowledge of Coatings Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry
- Familiarity with U.S. Patent Law
Knowledge & Experience:
Required:
3+ Years of Intellectual Property Law Experience in A Law Firm or Corporate Legal Department
Preferred:
- Fluent in English and Mandarin
- High Level of Proficiency with Business Software and Databases
- Experience and Knowledge of All Aspects of Intellectual Property with Specialization in Patents and Trade Secrets and Sub-Specialization in Trademarks
- Experience in Negotiation and Drafting of Technology and Product Development Agreements, Preferably Including Experience with Large Commercial Product Manufacturers and Consumer Products
- Extensive Experience in Managing a High Volume of Intellectual Property Matters
- Extensive Knowledge of Related Areas of Ip Law and Business Law Fundamentals
- Proven Ability to Manage Outside Counsel on Complex Matters in A Cost-Effective Manner
- Familiarity with Patent Research Tools
Technical/skill Requirements:
Required:
- Pc Skills; Microsoft Office Applications (word, Excel, Power Point); and Other Applications as Required
- General Working Knowledge of Legal Software
5-10%
About Us:
At Sherwin-Williams, Our Purpose Is to Inspire and Improve the World by Coloring and Protecting What Matters. Our Paints, Coatings and Innovative Solutions Make the Places and Spaces in Our World Brighter and Stronger. Your Skills, Talent and Passion Make It Possible to Live This Purpose, and For Customers and Our Business to Achieve Great Results. Sherwin-Williams Is a Place that Takes Its Stability, Growth and Momentum and Translates It to Possibility for Our People. Our People Are Behind the Strength of Our Success, and We Invest and Support You In:
- Life … with Rewards, Benefits and The Flexibility to Enhance Your Health and Well-Being
- Career … with Opportunities to Learn, Develop New Skills and Grow Your Contribution
- Connection … with An Inclusive Team and Commitment to Our Own and Broader Communities
- It's All Here for You... Let's Create Your Possible
At Sherwin-Williams, Part of Our Mission Is to Help Our Employees and Their Families Live Healthier, Save Smarter and Feel Better. This Starts with A Wide Range of World-Class Benefits Designed for You. from Retirement to Health Care, from Total Well-Being to Your Daily Commute—it Matters to Us. a General Description of Benefits Offered Can Be Found at Http://www.Myswbenefits.Com/. Click on “candidates” to View Benefit Offerings that You May Be Eligible for If You Are Hired as A Sherwin-Williams Employee.
Compensation Decisions Are Dependent on The Facts and Circumstances of Each Case and Will Impact Where Actual Compensation May Fall Within the Stated Wage Range. the Wage Range Listed for This Role Takes Into Account the Wide Range of Factors Considered in Making Compensation Decisions Including Skill Sets; Experience and Training; Licensure and Certifications; and Other Business and Organizational Needs. the Disclosed Range Estimate Has Not Been Adjusted for The Applicable Geographic Differential Associated with The Location at Which the Position May Be Filled. the Wage Range, Other Compensation, and Benefits Information Listed Is Accurate as Of the Date of This Posting. the Company Reserves the Right to Modify This Information at Any Time, with Or without Notice, Subject to Applicable Law.
Qualified Applicants with Arrest or Conviction Records Will Be Considered for Employment in Accordance with Applicable Federal, State, and Local Laws Including with The Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and The California Fair Chance Act Where Applicable.
Sherwin-Williams Is Proud to Be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All Qualified Candidates Will Receive Consideration for Employment and Will Not Be Discriminated Against Based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Protected Veteran Status, Disability, Age, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, Creed, Marital Status or Any Other Consideration Prohibited by Law or By Contract.
As a Vevraa Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams Requests State and Local Employment Services Delivery Systems to Provide Priority Referral of Protected Veterans.
Please Be Aware, Sherwin-Williams Recruiting Team Members Will Never Request a Candidate to Provide a Payment, Ask for Financial Information, or Sensitive Personal Information Like National Identification Numbers, Date of Birth, or Bank Account Numbers During the Application Process.
