We are looking for professional and support staff and we have the means and strategy to maintain substantial growth. We are attracted by applicants who clearly state what they seek. To apply for employment, contact us or send your (1) resume, (2) academic results, and (3) covering letter to the Managing Partner.

You should possess a keen intellect, energy and motivation, a good sense of humour, and an ability to work independently. You will face changing and growing demands and so we look for people who are world-class or have the potential to become that.

The many attractions of working here

We provide genuine career development opportunities. Here is an example of an intellectual property specialist alumni of our firm now working and progressing her career in London.

The practice is a learning organisation and a supportive place to work and we rank the development and progress of our people as a key goal. Indeed the fact that we take training seriously is the key reason stated by young lawyers who work with us as to why they join us.

Dilanchian is a firm with:

• a solid, diverse and entrepreneurial client base,
• innovative leadership, strategies and business systems,
• growth in traditional as well as sustainable new practice fields,
• a business focus, including on dynamic markets,
• a commitment to continuous improvement, and
• a culture which values creativity, teamwork, trust, and enthusiasm.

You will enjoy and benefit from:

• a clear understanding of our expectations,
• challenging projects for stable and stimulating clients,
  
• close relationships with clients, including in business development activities,
• a real opportunity for career development in a collegial and unconventional firm,
• training in law, management consultancy and practice leadership, and
• work practices that balance work and personal life commitments

Positions Available

Work Experience Students

We only provide work experience if we believe that there are long-term possibilities for future positions with us. The level of training we provide involves just too great an investment to justify short-term arrangements.

Professional Support

All support staff undertake an extensive induction program on joining the firm, and training in our systems and procedures is an ongoing process. We are leaders in using information technology, document design, and plain language communication.

Lawyers

Experience and above average academic performance, in subjects relevant to our service fields and solutions, is considered important in our assessment of candidates. For example, for us highly relevant fields of law include all fields of intellectual property, contracts and other commercial law, corporate and business structuring, and litigation practice and procedure.

Our firm's current positioning means that generally if a law student or lawyer has not studied intellectual property law then it will be the rare candidate that we would employ. Past or present employeees who have not studied intellectual property law have long years of experience or academic studies for example in IT, taxation law, accounting, business management or litigation.

Certainly, it would be true to say we are an "entertainment law firm" or an "IP law firm" or an "IT and IP law firm". However, we believe it is more accurate to say we are a business law firm specialising in technology and IP law, management and commercialisation. 

We do a great deal of IP and IT advisory and dispute resolution work.  The work is for a wide range of clients, not just clients  in the entertainment or  IT sectors.  For example we advise clients who are handbag manufacturers, wine makers, seafood  distributors,  business consultancies, inventors and financial services advisers.

It would greatly aid any application you may make if you can demonstrate industry or business knowledge or experience. You may have conducted special research, written a major thesis, or worked in a non-legal or semi-legal position. As a short list, prominent sectors for our firm include the entertainment industries, Web, e-commerce and IT sectors, retailing, product distribution and business consultancies or service businesses in various niche fields. 

We look for team players with strong communication, project management and client management skills. Some work involves considerable academic rigour best conducted by an individual lawyer for subsequent review by others. In contrast, other work calls for brainstorming sessions between our people often during conference calls with clients. To illustrate by example, in trade mark registration work we regularly brainstorm ideas about client's proposed word or logo trade mark or domain name. During the brainstorming session we collaboratively test options for our client to select the one which has the optimum mix of legal, design and marketing elements.

In applying for a position you should be guided by the knowledge that Dilanchian is a firm which often combines methodologies and solutions from law  and other disciplines. If a client's needs require it, we may integrate legal advice with advice from other disciplines. For example, for clients involved in Web development or IT systems integration we apply the law relevant to information technology and we may also draw on in-house or external technical knowledge of IT systems and management know-how regarding project management for IT services, products and ventures.

You will join in the knowledge that your career will develop especially because our firm is being built by all of us here in collaboration and driven by the need to serve our clients professionally.

More Information

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