Head of Legal

Responsibilities:

Team Management

• Manage and scale an effective Legal team with strong growth potential;


• Define team structure, ownership areas and ensure deep expertise across key legal domains;


• Establish efficient legal processes, workflows and transparent collaboration with business units;


• Drive hiring, development and performance of the Legal team.

Corporate and Compliance

• Advise on corporate law matters under English law;


• Supervise fiduciary providers and corporate secretarial services;


• Ensure proper maintenance of corporate structure and documentation (International entities);


• Oversee corporate relationships with affiliates;


• Partner with Finance on corporate structuring and related initiatives.

Privacy and Data Protection

• Maintain and develop company-wide privacy standards and policies;


• Support teams in reviewing products, features and initiatives from a data protection perspective;


• Oversee data flows and ensure compliance with applicable privacy frameworks;


• Implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure data protection compliance across the company.

Intellectual Property

• Advise on all IP matters, including trademarks, copyrights and product-related IP;


• Oversee IP portfolio management and handle key infringement cases;


• Support licensing, copyright clearance and collaboration with partnerships teams.

Commercial Contracts

• Lead and negotiate key commercial agreements (licensing, marketing, publishing, partnerships, vendors, etc.);


• Partner with Product, Marketing and Business Development on strategic deals;


• Improve and scale contract workflows, templates and approval processes.

Product Compliance

• Support development of content moderation and compliance policies;


• Ensure alignment with platform, partner and industry requirements;


• Identify and mitigate product-related legal risks;


• Review product features for compliance (digital services, loot boxes, consumer protection, age ratings, advertising).

Requirements:

• Strong academic background in Law;
• 8+ years of legal experience (law firm, in-house or mixed), preferably in IT / gaming / digital products;
• Solid knowledge of English law;
• Proven experience in leading legal functions or teams;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have:

• Commercially minded, pragmatic and solution-oriented;


• Proactive and interested in contributing to product development and cross-functional collaboration;


• Able to work effectively with stakeholders across all levels of seniority;


• Willing to share knowledge and mentor team members;


• Strong interest in the football industry and understanding of gaming trends is a plus.

We offer:

• Medical insurance and social benefits;
• Sick-leaves;
• Referral bonuses;
• Sports compensation;
• Online English classes;
• Co-working compensation.