Withers & Rogers' professional fee earners are supported by a wide range of staff in the variety of specialist roles that you would expect in a Firm of our size.

By far the most numerous support role, as you might expect, is that of secretary; we aim to have one secretary for every one or two professional staff. Patent and Trade Mark secretaries must develop a good knowledge of the technical vocabulary of those with whom they are working, an understanding of the wide variety of forms, standard letters and routine international correspondence that is common in the intellectual property sector, as well as having good audio-typing skills. In a profession where the missing of key deadlines can have immensely expensive consequences for clients and the Firm, excellent diary and prioritisation skills are vital. Secretaries will also be involved in logging chargeable time for fee earning staff, raising invoices for clients, booking and co-ordinating international travel etc. While we tend to prefer to take on secretaries with previous patent or trade mark experience, this is not essential and we can provide training and reference materials to help good secretaries make the transition from other sectors.

Other support staff areas include:

• Records and Renewals - London
• European Formalities - London
• Technical Translations - Midlands
• Accounts - Midlands
• IT - Bristol

If you would like to work as part of Withers & Rogers' support staff you might like to register for your chosen field on this website, in which case we can email you as soon as opportunity arises. Be aware, of course, that the more specialist posts tend to become vacant only very occasionally, and only at the offices indicated above.