Commercial Legal: Senior Legal Counsel, eSports & Digital
Department: Legal & Compliance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Miami
Description
We govern the beautiful game and ensure it's run with transparency and integrity.
Join our team in Miami and support us on our mission.
THE POSITION
These Are Your Key Tasks
- Acting as first point of contact for all legal matters relating to FIFA's e-sports and gaming operations; including drafting, advising on and negotiating FIFA's e sports partnership arrangements and the contractual/regulatory framework for FIFA's e-sports events/tournaments;
- Supporting FIFA's consumer facing digital products and offerings with legal advice and assisting in the drafting of agreements;
- Ensuring regulatory compliance of FIFA's digital and eSports offerings;
- Legal support to FIFA's OTT platform FIFA+
- Acting as first point of contact for legal matters relating to FIFA's fan data and business intelligence activities; and
- Legal support related to Web3 activities, social media, content and related matters.
YOUR PROFILE
We work hard at FIFA.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.
And we respect our values. Always.
For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.
The Specific Competencies We Require For This Position Are
- Enhanced expertise: 5 years expertise "on the job" in the sports, gaming/e-sports, digital products, data and/or business intelligence industries in an in-house legal department or a reputable law firm focusing on sports, gaming/e-sports, digital products, data and/or business intelligence matters
- Excellent understanding of the sports marketing, gaming/e-sports, digital products, data and business intelligence industry landscapes
- Fully qualified to practise law (registered on the roll / admitted to the bar of the relevant jurisdiction) having completed academic and practical training
- 5-9 years of legal practice PQE
- Substantial professional experience of working with and drafting legal documents in English
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem solving and analytical skills
- First class written and spoken English language skills, consistent with drafting and negotiating complex, high value and nuanced English language agreements
- Ability to provide and communicate effectively practical and solutions-based legal advice
- Excellent understanding of the digital and technology industry landscapes
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem solving and analytical skills
- Structured, reliable, well-organised with a strong eye for detail
- Ability to work as part of a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, driving results, and ensuring the successful achievement of organizational goals.
- Proactive, with a strong sense of personal responsibility with an ability to work autonomously on a wide variety of projects
- Resilient with an ability to competently handle a large workload amid rapidly shifting priorities.
- Open-minded team player with an affinity for working within a variety of cultures and excellent communication skills
- High degree of professionalism and confident demeanour
- Ability to be a good ambassador for FIFA in all manner of external facing situations, including during contractual negotiations, external workshops and during FIFA competition-related assignments
- Ability to create, develop and maintain strong and reliable relationships with FIFA senior management as well as external legal and commercial counterparts
- Willingness to operate outside of comfort zone
- Takes initiative to reflect on how to improve and develop working styles and methods to assist the organisation and internal clients
- Native level English (or equivalent), consistent with requirement to draft and negotiate complex and nuanced English language agreements and advice
- Proficiency in any other FIFA language (French/Spanish) is an asset but not necessary
- Proficient in Word / PowerPoint / Excel
- Willingness to travel
About FIFA
We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.
Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest-ever FIFA Women's World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe. The opportunities for growth are exciting.
We are a modern organisation with over 850 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami and Paris, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, Congo, Panama and Paraguay.
