Corporate Counsel

Wildlife Studios; Brasil; Hybrid; BRL 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Wildlife Studios is seeking a talented Counsel to join our Legal Team, focusing on Corporate Law and contracts with a strong international scope across the US, Brazil, Canada and Finland. You will own processes end-to-end, interact with senior leadership, and drive strategic initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires 4+ years in legal practice, solid corporate and contracts experience, stock option familiarity, and English proficiency for international documents and meetings.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as Legal/Corporate Counsel
• Solid Corporate Law and contracts experience
• Experience with stock option plans
• English proficiency for international documents/meetings

Responsibilities

• Provide legal opinions for the Corporate Area
• Support Wildlife entities in Brazil and abroad
• Structure and apply corporate governance rules for the group
• Draft and coordinate board resolutions and materials
• Handle annual corporate compliance obligations in Brazil and abroad
• Coordinate with external law firms across jurisdictions
• Review and negotiate contracts (NDAs, vendor, licensing, service agreements, real estate, insurance, intercompany, financial)
• Manage the contract management system and related platforms
• Support the stock option plan: grants, exercises, repurchases, equity matters
• Manage the cap table and shareholder register
• Support audits and KYC/AML reviews
• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, Controllership, Facilities, Engineering, Live Games
• Build playbooks and automation for the company
• Prepare and review managerial reports and documents

Skills

Corporate Law

Contracts

Stock Options

English Proficiency

M&A

Startup/VC

Business Partnering

Team Collaboration

Education

LLM in Corporate Law

Job description

We’re looking for a talented and passionate person to join Wildlife’s Legal Team as Counsel.

We’re looking for someone motivated, detail-oriented, and with solid experience in Corporate Law and Contracts to act as a strategic business partner, in a role with a predominantly international scope, including entities based in the United States, Brazil, Canada and Finland. The position offers autonomy to own processes end-to-end and direct contact with senior leadership on strategic company matters.

We know that the work we do has a high impact on our company’s success and culture. The right person for this position is curious by nature, comfortable in an autonomous, take-the-initiative environment, loves solving problems, and can juggle multiple demands at once.

What You’ll Do

• Provide legal opinion in relation to the Corporate Area
• Provide legal support to all Wildlife entities, in Brazil and abroad
• Structure and apply corporate governance rules for the group’s entities
• Draft and coordinate board resolutions and board meeting materials
• Handle the entities’ annual corporate compliance obligations, in Brazil and abroad
• Coordinate with external law firms across different jurisdictions
• Review and negotiate contracts (NDAs, vendor, licensing, service provider, real estate, insurance agreements, intercompany agreements, financial agreements, etc)
• Manage the Company’s contract management system and related platforms
• Manage and support the stock option plan: grants, exercises, repurchases, consulting, etc, and provide legal advice with respect to equity-related matters
• Manage the cap table and the shareholder register
• Support audits and KYC/AML reviews
• Work closely with many different areas of the Company, such as Finance, Tax, Controllership, Facilities, Engineering, Live Games
• Build playbooks and automation initiatives applied to the Company
• Structure, prepare and review managerial reports and documents

What You’ll Need

• 4+ years of full-time employment as a Legal/Corporate Counsel
• Solid experience in Corporate Law and contracts
• Prior experience with stock option plans
• Working proficiency in English, to independently handle international documents and meetings
• Autonomous, organized profile, comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Clear and transparent communication, keeping the team updated on work status
• Team builder
• Be a business partner and business oriented
• Experience with M&A transactions (a plus)
• Experience with foreign entities and international jurisdictions (a plus)
• Background at startups, tech companies, or law firms with a venture capital practice (a plus)
• LLM in Corporate Law (a plus)

About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the world’s leading mobile game developers and publishers. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Here, we create games that excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come.

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmitive Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.