Corporate Counsel: Litigation & Legal Affairs

About Us

At Nuna, we believe every family deserves thoughtfully designed products that combine safety, innovation, and style. As a global premium baby gear brand, our core values of Community, Generosity, Teamwork, and Excellence guide everything we do, from creating high-quality products to fostering a collaborative and supportive workplace.

We are committed to continuous growth, meaningful impact, and making a difference for families around the world.

Currently we are looking for a Corporate Counsel of Litigation and Legal Affairs is to provide strategic legal guidance and leadership regarding intellectual property disputes, patent litigation, competitive risks, commercial litigation matters, and general legal affairs.

About The Role

This position serves as a key legal advisor to business leaders, product development teams, and executive management, helping protect the Company’s intellectual property assets while mitigating legal and business risks. This role will lead litigation management, enforcement strategy, freedom-to-operate assessments, dispute resolution initiatives, and intellectual property risk analysis across the Company's global operations. Additional responsibilities include supporting trademark, copyright, unfair competition, commercial, product liability, and other legal matters arising within the Company and affiliated brands.

What You’ll Be Doing

Intellectual Property Litigation & Dispute Management

• Manages all aspects of patent litigation, intellectual property disputes, arbitration, mediation, and related legal proceedings in partnership with outside counsel.
• Evaluates and develops enforcement, defense, settlement, and dispute resolution strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Conducts and oversees patent infringement, non-infringement, validity, invalidity, ownership, and freedom-to-operate analyses.
• Assesses litigation exposure and provides risk-based recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Coordinates litigation holds, document preservation, discovery activities, and internal investigations.
• Supports pre-litigation assessments, cease-and-desist matters, licensing disputes, settlement negotiations, and other enforcement activities.
• Directs outside counsel to ensure high-quality, cost-effective representation and efficient litigation management.

Intellectual Property Strategy & Portfolio Support

• Partners closely with product development, engineering, innovation, compliance, quality, marketing, and commercial teams to identify and mitigate intellectual property risks.
• Monitors competitor patent activity, litigation trends, regulatory developments, and emerging legal risks affecting the Company’s products and business operations.
• Supports patent portfolio strategy by identifying enforcement opportunities, competitive risks, defensive positioning considerations, and business risks.
• Provides legal guidance regarding patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and related intellectual property matters.
• Assists in evaluating intellectual property assets in support of business growth, innovation, and competitive differentiation initiatives.

Business Partnership & Legal Counsel

• Provides practical, business-focused legal advice regarding intellectual property, commercial disputes, competitive matters, and general legal risks.
• Advises executive leadership and key stakeholders on legal strategies that align with the Company’s operational and commercial objectives.
• Conducts legal research and prepares written analyses, legal opinions, risk assessments, and recommendations for management.
• Assists with management of the Company’s contract processes and advises on dispute-related contractual matters.
• Supports business initiatives by identifying legal risks and providing practical solutions that balance risk mitigation with commercial objectives.

Global Legal Operations & Compliance

• Coordinates with international affiliates and legal counterparts regarding global litigation, intellectual property protection, and enforcement initiatives.
• Develops and conducts employee training related to intellectual property, litigation avoidance, compliance, confidentiality, records management, and related legal topics.
• Supports legal compliance initiatives, corporate governance activities, and risk-management programs.
• Assists with the development and implementation of legal policies, procedures, and best practices.

General Litigation & Special Projects

• Provides support for commercial litigation, product liability claims, consumer protection matters, regulatory disputes, and other litigation matters as assigned.
• Assists with investigations and dispute resolution activities involving customers, competitors, suppliers, and other third parties.
• Supports other corporate, commercial, compliance, regulatory, employment, and legal matters as assigned.
• Performs additional duties and special projects consistent with the responsibilities of the Legal Department.

This position description is intended to provide a summary of the essential duties, tasks, and responsibilities of this position and shall not be considered an exhaustive listing of all work requirements.