Senior Legal Counsel - gaming company
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £85000 - £100000 per annum + 20% bonus & benefits
- Closing date
- 24 Dec 2021
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Licensing/Gaming/Betting
- PQE
- 4-6 Years
Job Details
ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Director of Legal, you will support the business on commercial contracts with suppliers, with a focus on digital/digital gaming contracts. Having emerged from the pandemic, this company is in massive expansion mode and growing rapidly. You would have excellent exposure to the C-suite and senior, key stakeholders and be part of a wider legal and business affairs team. Specifics of the role will include;
- Digital gaming providers;
- Sportsbook and sports data suppliers;
- Platform partners, joint ventures and white label arrangements;
- Digital content suppliers and payment providers;
- IT, including SAAS
You will also advise on a wider range of legal issues including gaming regulatory matters (alongside the Compliance team), marketing contracts, IP issues as well as supporting the Company Secretarial team and manging external counsel.
ABOUT YOU
You will come from either private practice where you have had exposure to gaming/gambling clients, or from a similar in-house background where you understand the nuances of the industry. General commercial experience (particularly exposure to marketing) would be considered if you have an interest in the industry. You must have excellent communication skills and relish building relationships and working autonomously and as part of a team.
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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London
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Suite 614, Liberty House
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P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
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10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
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30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
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Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
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Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
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