💼 Full-Time Position

Innovation Counsel (IP Law)

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BAT
📍 london, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
london, United-Kingdom
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Posted
June 20, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. Our purpose is to create A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World.

British American Tobacco United Kingdom has an exciting opportunity for an Innovation Counsel in London - open to candidates outside of the UK.

The purpose of this role is to deliver specialist intellectual property and commercial legal advice to Group Operations (particularly Procurement and R&D) supporting new product development and innovation, with a strong emphasis on IP ownership and licensing.

The role focuses on providing proactive, commercially relevant legal counsel across a range of agreements, including research and development agreements (RDAs), licensing arrangements, partnering agreements, and manufacturing or supply contracts involving Nicoventures Trading, the Shenzhen Innovations Centre, and other Nicoventures or BAT group entities, as well as intra‑group agreements related to product developmen...