Trainee Patent Attorney - Chemistry

We are searching for a trainee patent attorney to join our chemistry team based in Copenhagen.

Potter Clarkson is one of the leading pan-European firms, with staffed offices across the UK, Denmark and Sweden. Opening in 2018, our Copenhagen office is a team of 8 and is fully integrated into the wider firm, with teams of attorneys from multiple offices working together to help our clients.

The team in Copenhagen works closely with a number of the firm’s clients in the region, as well as international clients in both the US and across Europe. The focus of the growing team is to support companies developing new therapeutics, as well as cleantech and cleantech and food technologies, often working directly with R&D scientists to help them understand the IP landscape.

The formula for our success is simple. We recruit the very best people and invest heavily in their training and personal development to produce outstanding legal professionals. The organisation and infrastructure of the firm and its dedicated support staff equip our experts with all they need to apply their skills efficiently and deliver exceptional service to clients.

Training and qualification as a patent attorney requires hard work and dedication. To excel you need many talents: strong scientific understanding, excellent language skills and commercial acumen. It may seem daunting, but we can make your training experience varied, challenging and rewarding.

We are committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance, and supporting the wellbeing of all our people. We offer a wealth of health and wellbeing benefits and resources, including healthcare, flexible working options, a virtual wellbeing hub, mental health first aiders and a mentorship program.

If you are ready to join an amazing team, we’d love to hear from you. When applying, please provide details of your technical background to help us streamline the application process.

Requirements

• A degree in chemistry or similar

• Strong technical and scientific knowledge

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

• Excellent English language skills – other languages, in particular any Scandinavian languages, would be beneficial

• Research or industrial experience preferred, though not essential

• A professional manner when liaising with clients and other stakeholders

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to manage and prioritise your own workload

• High level of attention to detail

Benefits

We can offer:

• A work environment that provides a unique combination of British and Scandinavian values

• Opportunities for short and longer-term secondments to our other European offices

• The benefits of a small office paired with the security and infrastructure of a larger firm

• An exciting range of clients and complex patent cases

• Focus on direct client work and building long-term relationships, including opportunities for networking and business development

• Flexible working policy / remote working options tailored to meet our employees’ needs

• A structured training program based on an in-house Training Academy and a helpful peer network across the firm to help you succeed

• A fast-paced learning environment paired with increased responsibility as you progress

• Excellent career development opportunities

• A chance to define your own career goals and needs, with plenty of support along the way – we will do everything we can to keep you developing even post qualification

Application Deadline: 8 June 2026

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