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Our people come from diverse backgrounds, have specialist skills and are industry experts. Would you like to join them?

A J Park is a specialist intellectual property firm, well respected both within the patent attorney profession and by the clients we work with. Our people are talented, energetic and career-oriented. They come from a diverse range of backgrounds and disciplines including law, science and engineering. Our work environment is knowledge-based and we are committed to high standards of professionalism.

A J Park has offices in Wellington and Auckland, and currently employs nearly a third of New Zealand's patent attorney professionals working in New Zealand firms. Our people work in small specialist teams. Our litigation and commercial teams are also well regarded.

Opportunities exist to become one of New Zealand's leading intellectual property experts.

If you are interested in finding out more about a career as an intellectual property lawyer or patent attorney, please contact us. If you are a qualified or a part-qualified patent attorney, either from overseas or within New Zealand, contact us confidentially to discuss career opportunities available for you at A J Park.

What we look for in new recruits
We are interested in intelligent, ambitious and enthusiastic people who want to work with New Zealand's largest and most innovative companies. An interest in further training in the patent profession is essential.

In the patent profession you need to be able to quickly assimilate information about leading edge scientific or engineering technology.

In our trade mark teams, an understanding of marketing principles and an ability to think laterally will give you a head start.

If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.