About us

Withers & Rogers is one of Europe’s largest dedicated intellectual property law firms, with offices in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Munich and Paris. Established more than 140 years ago, we remain as passionate as ever about making intellectual property work to our clients’ best advantage. Today, our clients include many renowned, innovative organisations from across Europe, North America and Asia.

We believe that our patent and trade mark attorneys, support, and operations staff have a breadth of expertise and a depth of specialist sector knowledge that is second to none. Our purpose is building trusting relationships. This permeates through everything we do, from working with each other to providing strategic advice to our clients.

We operate in four principal practice groups: Electronics, Computing & Physics; Advanced Engineering; Life Sciences & Chemistry, and Trade Marks. We also have a number of specialist practice groups including Higher Education, Clean Technology, Medical Devices and Aerospace & Defence.

At Withers & Rogers, we believe in nurturing a diverse working environment where everybody feels included and valued. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining people from all walks of life and backgrounds. We foster an inclusive culture where all individuals feel respected, are treated fairly, can enjoy a good work-life balance, and have the opportunity to excel in their chosen career.

Your development

When you start your training at Withers & Rogers, from the get-go you’ll be given the support and guidance you need to succeed and pass your exams to qualify as a chartered UK and European patent attorney or a chartered trade mark attorney.

Throughout your training, you’ll attend courses, lectures and tutorials to give you the very best chance of success. Our own extensive in-house tutorial programme provides regular and structured feedback to trainees as they work towards qualifying.

The main focus of your training, however, will be exposure to a wide variety of work on actual live cases. This is where you will quickly develop your ‘real world’ skills and understanding of the role, as well as the culture and working practices that have led to our firm’s reputation and success. This includes involvement in client meetings, the marketing process, and we encourage membership of networking organisations.

Who we’re looking for

We hire graduates with a strong academic record in a relevant subject, but above all, we’re looking for people who can demonstrate a passion for technology. Trainee patent attorneys will need an engineering or science related degree. All trainees need to be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong commercial awareness. We also welcome applications from experienced individuals who wish to make a career change into the intellectual property profession.

Start your IP career with us

Visit our website to view our current trainee vacancies and sign up for job alerts so you are the first to know about new opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you.