APAC Intellectual Property Counsel

Job Title:

APAC Intellectual Property Counsel

Job Description:

The Role: 

Reporting directly to the Chief IP Counsel, you will serve as a recognized enterprise expert and principal advisor on intellectual property strategy, guiding critical decisions that influence Entegris' long-term innovation, growth, and competitive position, in focus of APAC. You will lead the development and execution of global intellectual property strategies, address highly complex and ambiguous legal and business challenges, and shape the company's approach to protecting and maximizing the value of its intellectual assets. 

As a senior member of the Legal organization, you will partner closely with executive leadership, business leaders, R&D teams, and external stakeholders to ensure intellectual property strategy is aligned with business objectives and future technology investments. The role will also provide accountable leadership for intellectual property initiatives across Asia-Pacific, with particular focus on China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore, and will serve as a trusted advisor to APAC business and R&D leadership. 

At Entegris, we believe what we do is as important as how we do it. We invest in employee growth and foster a culture where expertise, collaboration, and innovation drive meaningful impact. 

In this role you will: 

• Serve as the principal advisor to executive leadership on intellectual property strategy, risk management, and portfolio optimization in APAC. 

• APAC IP strategy and accountability. Own and execute regional IP strategy across Asia-Pacific and serve as the accountable IP leader for competition, innovation, enforcement, and locally generated intellectual property. 

• Litigation and enforcement. Lead significant IP disputes across Asia end to end, including matters in China and Taiwan, by setting strategy and directing regional outside counsel. 

• IP security. Own trade secret protection and site-level IP security across APAC locations, including support for employee exit processes and other risk-mitigation measures. 

• Regional team leadership. Manage, mentor, and develop regional patent agents and other IP professionals supporting Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China. 

• Invention capture and prosecution. Drive invention harvesting and filing strategies for innovations generated in Asia in partnership with R&D teams and business-unit IP managers. 

• Business engagement. Conduct quarterly IP reviews with APAC leadership, Field Technical Engineers, R&D, and Sales to align regional priorities and strengthen the commercial impact of the IP portfolio. 

• Competitive intelligence. Deliver analytics, competitor insights, and white-space assessments tailored to regional customers, technologies, and markets. 

• Regional transactions. Advise on IP terms in joint development agreements, supply and customer agreements, strategic collaborations, and other transactions originating in APAC. 

• Develop and lead enterprise-wide IP strategies that support long-term business growth, innovation priorities, and competitive differentiation. 

• Architect strategic approaches to complex intellectual property matters where information is incomplete, risks are significant, and outcomes have broad organizational impact. 

• Influence enterprise decision-making through executive-level communication, strategic recommendations, and data-driven insights. 

• Establish and continuously improve intellectual property policies, standards, and best practices across the organization. 

• Build strong partnerships across legal, business, engineering, and R&D functions to ensure intellectual property considerations are integrated into strategic planning. 

• Mentor attorneys, patent agents, and legal professionals and help develop organizational capability within the intellectual property function. 

• Represent Entegris in high-impact external engagements involving customers, partners, universities, industry organizations, and outside counsel. 
   

Traits we believe make a strong candidate: 

Education 

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school. 

• Admission to practice law in at least one APAC jurisdiction. 

• Registered Patent Attorney status with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office strongly preferred. 

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, semiconductor processing, or a related technical discipline preferred. 

Experience 

• Typically 8+ years of progressive intellectual property experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or combination of both. 

• Significant experience developing and leading intellectual property strategy for technology-driven organizations. 

• Demonstrated success advising senior executives and influencing business strategy through intellectual property leadership. 

• Extensive experience in patent portfolio management(專利組合管理), licensing(授權談判), freedom-to-operate analysis(FTO分析), IP transactions(IP 交易), and dispute management(智財爭議管理)) 

• Experience supporting global operations and international intellectual property portfolios. 

• Demonstrated Asia-focused IP enforcement or litigation-management experience, ideally including China and Taiwan. 

• Experience managing patent agents and outside counsel across multiple APAC jurisdictions. 

• Experience partnering with regional business, R&D, Field Technical Engineering, and Sales teams on invention capture, IP risk, and portfolio strategy. 

• Business-level English proficiency required; Mandarin, Korean, or Japanese language capability strongly preferred. 

• Semiconductor, advanced materials, manufacturing, life sciences, or related industry experience preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Expert knowledge of U.S. and international intellectual property law and practice. 

• Strong working knowledge of IP practice and enforcement considerations across key Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. 

• Exceptional strategic thinking and business acumen. 

• Ability to connect intellectual property strategy to long-term business objectives and market opportunities. 

• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and key stakeholders. 

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills. 

• Proven ability to lead complex, enterprise-wide initiatives through influence and expertise. 

• Ability to make sound decisions in highly ambiguous, high-risk, and rapidly changing environments.  

• Demonstrated capability to mentor, coach, and develop legal and technical professionals.