Senior Legal Counsel - Product

Ubisoft; Paris; Sur place; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Profit Sharing

Yearly company saving plan

25 days paid time off + 12 additional

Transport pass subsidy

Meal vouchers

Healthcare for you and your family

Résumé du poste

Ubisoft's Legal Department partners with Creative House 4 (CH4) to provide day-to-day legal guidance on IP use, marketing campaigns, licensing, and content clearances. You will own CH4’s legal intake end-to-end and coordinate with privacy, regulatory, competition, and employment specialists as needed.

You will develop deep expertise in CH4 franchises and act as the primary liaison between CH4 and HQ Legal, ensuring early legal involvement in key initiatives and driving global consistency across

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of legal experience with strong grounding in IP, media/marketing and commercial contracting.
• Entertainment/gaming or digital content experience preferred.
• Comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders across a multicultural portfolio.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for Creative House 4, owning CH4’s legal intake end-to-end.
• Provide day-to-day advice on IP use, marketing campaigns, licensing, and content clearances.
• Attend CH4 leadership meetings and ensure early legal involvement in initiatives across franchises.
• Develop expertise in CH4 franchises, brand positioning, and commercial roadmap.
• Identify recurring issues and propose templates, playbooks, and process improvements for global consistency.
• Keep HQ Legal informed of campaigns, risks, and cross-functional matters.
• Coordinate specialist support (privacy, competition, employment) as needed.
• Translate HQ policies into practical guidance for CH4 teams.

Connaissances

IP governance

Marketing/commercial contracts

Talent/ influencer deals

Brand protection/enforcement

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Description du poste

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, Rayman 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 HQ policies
• 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

Relevant experience

• At least 5 years 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
• Talent, influencer, image rights
• 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

Ubisoft's perks

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.

Recruitment process

[30 minutes] : phone call with a recruiter
[60 minutes] : interview with the manager of the role and a recruiter
[45 minutes] : interview with our Chief Legal Officer

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.

Company Description

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!