Counsel, Business Affairs
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Draft, analyze, and negotiate commercial agreements for entertainment content creation, production, marketing, and distribution, including MSAs, monetization deals, and IP licensing. Advise internal teams on game development, engineering, user acquisition, and ad tech matters while independently handling contract negotiations with multi-jurisdictional awareness. Structure and analyze deals involving third-party rights holders across content, technology, and talent sectors. Provide day-to-day legal counsel on copyright, regulatory, and corporate issues to creative business units, assessing risks in a fast-paced environment. This in-person London role supports Take-Two's publishing labels in creating innovative products efficiently, requiring a commercially minded solicitor with 3+ years of in-house or law firm experience.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of post-qualification experience in-house or within a law firm
- Expertise in contracting issues, with excellent drafting skills
- Experience with complex corporate or intellectual property transactions, including content creation, production, clearance, marketing and distribution
- Experience with software and technology licensing and development
- Experience with entertainment or technology matters, or significant corporate experience with a strong desire to transition to entertainment and technology matters
- Must have the ability and desire to evaluate and advise on complex agreements and contractual issues, and effectively distill information for clients
- Must possess common sense, patience, good humor, and a commitment to teamwork
- Strong communication skills; ability to convey complex matters in clear terms to clients and colleagues
- Enthusiasm for the videogame industry
- Eagerness to embrace AI and other new technologies in the legal practice
- Remains calm and confident despite deadlines and challenging priorities
- Qualified and in good standing as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, or relevant jurisdiction
- Must be available for in-office work four times a week
Desired Qualifications
- Must have the ability and desire to evaluate and advise on complex agreements and contractual issues, and effectively distill information for clients
- Must possess common sense, patience, good humor, and a commitment to teamwork
- Strong communication skills; ability to convey complex matters in clear terms to clients and colleagues
- Enthusiasm for the videogame industry
- Eagerness to embrace AI and other new technologies in the legal practice
- Remains calm and confident despite deadlines and challenging priorities
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