Brand Protection Paralegal

Be part of an iconic story.

TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s most recognized global lifestyle brands, confidently welcoming and inspiring consumers since 1985. Originally established in New York City and infused with the vibrant spirit of Americana, to create the modern uniform of accessible luxury. The TOMMY HILFIGER brands consist of TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS, complemented by a range of licensed product categories that extend the brand lifestyle across generations, geographies, activities and occasions.

Tommy Hilfiger’s global marketing approach and communications strategy taps into culture through the world of F.A.M.E.S.: the people, organizations and ideas boldly driving the future of Fashion, Art, Music, Entertainment and Sport. Major global campaigns, sponsorship platforms, and disruptive activations with world‑class athletes, musicians and entertainers bring a constant source of energy and inspiration to the brand. Immerse yourself in TOMMY HILFIGER here!

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The PVH Legal team has teams located in different locations around the globe (New York, Amsterdam and Hong Kong to name a few). With a cross‑functional reach and hands‑on mentality, the Legal Department delivers a full range of best‑in‑class legal services to the entire company. Certain legal expertise areas are organized in Centers of Expertise (CoEs) in which team members specialized in such legal expertise area are part, regardless of where they are located.

The regional legal team of PVH Europe, based in Amsterdam, has team members who focus on one or more of the following legal expertise areas:

• Digital & Data
• Marketing
• Consumer law
• Corporate
• Commercial
• Intellectual Property*
• Brand Protection*
• Licensing*
• Employment*
• Compliance*
• Privacy*

The team based in Amsterdam consists of 20+ legal professionals of varying nationalities, backgrounds, cultures and legal expertise areas. We support the PVH business in EMEA, the TOMMY HILFIGER brand globally and CALVIN KLEIN brand in EMEA. We work on a broad spectrum of issues on a daily basis, from looking into new designs or negotiating a celebrity partnership, to training customs officials to identify counterfeits, supporting our fashion‑tech journey, balancing privacy concerns and closing high stake commercial deals.

We are seeking a Brand Protection Paralegal to support the Senior Manager of Brand Protection for EMEA to strengthen our EMEA Brand Protection (BP) capabilities. The brand protection strategy is part of the Global COE IP. This role supports the BP team’s online and offline anti‑counterfeiting enforcement, investigations, litigation, vendor oversight, and cross‑functional engagement for CK and TH across the EMEA region.

The position will support Senior Manager BP with Digital Product Passport, RFID, and other relevant projects to BP as necessary.

• Support with the management of the day‑to‑day operations of our IP enforcement programs in EMEA, including timely and accurate product identification and authentication of samples, and draft written statements to support the successful prosecution and handling of targets;
• Vendor set‑up and management in vendor management and invoicing systems. This includes the review of invoices and matter matrix. Regular checks of budget allocations and recharge code assignment;
• Support to establish effective and collaborative working relationships with customs, police and other law enforcement and government agencies, through organizing and contributing to trainings and seminars conducted by the BP team and preparing relevant presentations and training materials on the identification of counterfeit Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger products;
• Assist in requesting and consolidating up to date product information from the Europe product divisions;
• Assist Senior Manager BP to follow up on local business requests/leads and customer service requests. Working with PR/Communications teams to address customer inquiries;
• Support the BP team in the collaboration with Meta, incl. in‑depth investigation into and reporting of infringing Meta ads;
• Support in the online brand protection work for Tommy…