Counsel, Business Affairs

Take-Two Interactive; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Health cash plan

Pension matching up to 4%

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Office gym

Job summary

Take-Two Interactive in London is seeking a qualified Senior Legal Counsel for business affairs to negotiate and draft entertainment, technology, and licensing agreements. The role partners with internal clients across development, marketing, and distribution in the mobile gaming sector, with a commercially minded, pragmatic approach.

This in-person London role is hybrid, with four in-office days per week, collaborating with EMEA, US and global teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years post‑qualification experience in‑house or within a law firm.
• Expertise in contracting issues, with excellent drafting skills.
• Experience with complex corporate or intellectual property transactions, including content creation, production, clearance, marketing and distribution.

Responsibilities

• Draft, analyze and negotiate commercial agreements for all aspects of entertainment content creation, production, marketing and distribution.
• Advise internal teams that focus on game development, engineering, mobile platforms and app stores, user acquisition, ad tech, monetization, IP licensing and product distribution.
• Bring expertise to a wide range of commercial agreements applicable to mobile gaming (such as MSAs, Monetization Agreements, IOs, and DPAs) including AdTech and MarTech vendors, analytics and attribution service providers, outsourcing and software vendors.
• Independently handle contract negotiations with a pragmatic orientation and with multi‑jurisdictional awareness.

Skills

Contracting expertise

IP licensing

Software licensing

Entertainment law

Job description

Who We Are:

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga. Our strategy is to create hit entertainment experiences, delivered on every platform relevant to our audience through a variety of sound business models. Our pillars - creativity, innovation, and efficiency - guide us as we strive to create the highest quality, most captivating experiences for our consumers. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at http://www.take2games.com.

While our offices (physical and virtual) are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills. We work hard, but we also like to have fun, and believe that we provide a great place to come to work each day to pursue your passions.

The Challenge:

The selected candidate will be responsible for business affairs legal work for a dynamic entertainment company and will work closely with internal business clients and senior in-house counsel. This position will negotiate, draft, and track a high-volume of legal agreements relating to entertainment, technology, advertising, intellectual property and related matters. This position is an in-person role based in our London office. This role will focus on the mobile games industry working with colleagues across EMEA, the US and the world, and the selected candidate should be commercially minded and pragmatic.

What You’ll Take On:

• Draft, analyze and negotiate commercial agreements for all aspects of entertainment content creation, production, marketing and distribution.
• Advise our internal teams that focus on game development, engineering, mobile platforms and app stores, user acquisition, ad tech, monetization, IP licensing and product distribution.
• Bring expertise to a wide range of commercial agreements applicable to mobile gaming (such as MSAs, Monetization Agreements, IOs, and DPAs) including AdTech and MarTech vendors, analytics and attribution service providers, outsourcing and software vendors.
• Independently handle contract negotiations with a pragmatic orientation and with multi‑jurisdictional awareness. Partner with our business clients to meet commercial goals.

• Structure and analyze deals within a matrix of rights held by third parties, such as content distributors, hardware manufacturers, sports leagues, record labels, music publishers, actors and other talent, technology licensors, software developers, entertainment companies, advertising agencies, ancillary merchandise vendors, data analytics providers, information technology vendors and similar entities.
• Advise internal clients regarding general business and contract issues, as well as copyright, technology, corporate, regulatory and related matters.
• Provide day‑to‑day legal and business affairs counsel to highly creative business units.
• Assess risks associated with highly complex legal issues in a fast‑paced environment.
• Serve as part of the Legal team helping Take‑Two’s publishing labels create the most innovative and creative products in the most efficient way possible.

What You Bring:

• 3+ years of post‑qualification experience in‑house or within a law firm.
• Expertise in contracting issues, with excellent drafting skills.
• Experience with complex corporate or intellectual property transactions, including content creation, production, clearance, marketing and distribution.

• Experience with software and technology licensing and development.

• Experience with entertainment or technology matters, or significant corporate experience with a strong desire to transition to entertainment and technology matters.
• Must have the ability and desire to evaluate and advise on complex agreements and contractual issues, and effectively distill information for clients.
• Must possess common sense, patience, good humor, and a commitment to teamwork.
• Strong communication skills; ability to convey complex matters in clear terms to clients and colleagues.
• Enthusiasm for the videogame industry.
• Eagerness to embrace AI and other new technologies in the legal practice.
• Remains calm and confident despite deadlines and challenging priorities.
• Qualified and in good standing as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, or relevant jurisdiction.

What We Offer You:

• Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
• Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
• Work Hard, Play Hard. Our employees’ bond, blow‑off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, our onsite Gym, company parties, our Office bar, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
• Benefits. Include, but aren’t limited to, private medical and dental insurance, virtual GP, a health cash plan for preventative medical costs, matching pension policy up to 4%, a workplace savings scheme for short‑term savings, £50 monthly fitness reimbursement, 24/7 mental wellbeing support, family building and menopause support, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount, Cycle to Work scheme, 4x salary death in service insurance, 66% of salary income protection, charitable donation matching and volunteer leave, 26 days of annual leave, and enhanced family policies.
• Perks. Onsite Gym, an office bar, employee discount programs, free games and events, stocked pantries, and a dog friendly workplace.

Please be aware that Take-Two does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third‑party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Take-Two also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and the Company will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scam or phishing exercise. Take-Two’s in‑house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a take2games.com email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions, please contact [e-mail]

As an equal opportunity employer, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. ("Take-Two") is committed to fostering and celebrating the diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds of its talent, partners, and communities throughout its organization. Consistent with this commitment, Take-Two does not discriminate or retaliate against any employee or job applicant because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, and genetic information (including family medical history), or on the basis of any other trait protected by applicable law. If you need to report a concern or have questions regarding Take-Two’s equal opportunity commitment, please contact [e-mail].

This is a hybrid position, with in‑office required four times a week.

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