Senior Legal Counsel - Product

Ubisoft Entertainment Inc.; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Profit Sharing

Yearly company saving plan

25 + 12 paid days off

Transport pass partially paid

Lunch vouchers

Healthcare for you and family

Ubisoft perks

Résumé du poste

Ubisoft Entertainment Inc. is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to serve as the dedicated day-to-day legal partner for Creative House 4 (CH4) while remaining embedded in HQ Legal. You will guide CH4 on IP use, brand partnerships, and content clearances, aligning with regulatory and corporate standards.

You will work with CH4 leadership to anticipate legal needs across development through live operations, ensuring timely involvement and global consistency across regions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience with strong grounding in IP, media/marketing and commercial contracting.
• Experience communicating with high-seniority stakeholders across a multicultural portfolio.
• Interest or background in entertainment, gaming, tech or digital content is preferred.

Responsabilités

• Serve as primary legal partner for Creative House 4 (CH4), owning CH4’s legal intake end-to-end.
• Provide day-to-day guidance on IP use, licensing, marketing and brand partnerships.
• Attend CH4 leadership meetings to ensure early legal involvement in initiatives.
• Develop expertise in CH4 franchises and align legal support with commercial roadmaps.
• Identify recurring issues and drive templates, playbooks, and training for global consistency.
• Coordinate specialist support (privacy, competition, employment) as needed.
• Translate HQ policies into practical guidance for CH4 teams and promote best practices.

Connaissances

IP law

Media/advertising

Commercial contracts

Stakeholder management

Description du poste

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ubisoft’s Legal Department is organized around dedicated legal counsels for each business area, working hand in hand with every team across the company. As Senior Legal Counsel, you will be the dedicated day-to-day legal partner for Creative House 4 (CH4), while remaining fully embedded in the centralized HQ Legal Department.

Creative House 4 builds epic and imaginative myths where players confront timeless truths and discover something about themselves along the way. Bringing together some of Ubisoft’s most iconic and diverse franchises - Anno, Beyond Good & Evil, Might & Magic, Prince of Persia, Rayman and Trackmania amongst other - CH4 crafts meaningful, immersive universes and character-driven journeys guided by emotion and wonder.

In this role, you will enable CH4 teams to move fast with clear, business-oriented legal guidance, identify legal and brand risks early, and act as the primary two-way liaison between CH4 and HQ Legal - combining business proximity with central governance discipline.

What you’ll do

• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for Creative House 4, owning and prioritizing CH4’s legal intake end-to-end or through specialists
• Provide day-to-day advice across IP use, protection and enforcement coordination; marketing, promotional and community campaigns; talent/influencer deals and endorsements; licensing and brand partnerships; music, image rights and content clearances; and advertising
• Attend CH4 leadership and operating meetings, ensuring early legal involvement in key initiatives across the Anno, Beyond Good & Evil, Might & Magic, Prince of Persia, Rayan and Trackmania franchises
• Develop deep expertise in CH4’s franchises, brand positioning and commercial roadmap; anticipate legal needs across the full lifecycle, from announcement and development through launch and live operations
• Identify recurring issues and propose structural fixes - templates, playbooks, training, process updates - and support global consistency across regions and partners, in line with HQpolicies
• Keep your Legal colleagues informed of upcoming campaigns, product beats, new business models and emerging risks; elevate complex, sensitive, cross-functional or precedent-setting matters
• Trigger and coordinate specialist support (privacy, regulatory, competition, employment, etc.) as needed
• Translate HQ policies and risk into practical guidance for CH4 teams; cascade regulatory and legal developments; drive adoption of best practices, templates and process improvements

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least 5years of legal experience, with strong grounding in IP, media/marketing and commercial contracting
• Industry experience and personal interest in entertainment, gaming, tech or digital content strongly preferred
• Comfortable communicating with high-seniority stakeholders across a diverse, multicultural franchise portfolio

Skills and knowledge

• IP: copyright, trademarks, licensing, brand governance
• Marketing/advertising and promotional compliance
• Commercial agreements, partnerships and licensing structures
• Coordinating advice worldwide with internal and external stakeholders
• Fluent English is a must and French would be strongly appreciated.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.
• Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks.
• Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station). Gym available in the building.

Additional Information

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers’ community.