General Counsel, Head of Legal (Europe, Remote)

Devoted Studios; Poland; Remote; PLN 320,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game production company is seeking a Head of Legal to oversee international legal strategies and compliance for global growth. This remote position requires fluency in English, a Master's degree in Law, and a minimum of 10 years' experience in corporate law. The successful candidate will manage complex legal projects and collaborate with various stakeholders. The role offers flexible hours and opportunities for professional development within a dynamic team.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Direct collaboration with executives

Flexible hours

Remote work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in corporate law, preferably with international tax.
• At least 3 years in management (senior manager/partner level).
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex legal projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee global structuring and tax strategy.
• Ensure compliance with legal, financial and tax deadlines.
• Support internal accounting and tax guidance.
• Manage customer contracts and resolve disputes.
• Conduct quarterly internal legal audits.

Skills

Fluency in English

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Excellent communication

Education

Master's Degree in Law

Job description

Overview

Devoted Studios is a production management company for external development in the video games industry. With a mission to create equal opportunity for all talent globally to work on the games of their dreams, Devoted Studios aims to decentralize game development.

We are seeking a Head of Legal for our medium-sized, global corporation, which is poised for rapid international growth in the coming years. The successful candidate will oversee a broad range of operational and strategic legal responsibilities, with an emphasis on international expansion, legal research, and the robust design of internal legal processes.

Location: 100% remote in Europe.

Language: Fluency in Ukrainian or Russian, with excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Language notes removed for readability: Ukrainian or Russian and English required.

Responsibilities

• Global Structuring: Co-develop with the CFO a global tax strategy and target legal structure; advise on the design of the corporate legal structure, including subsidiaries and sub-holdings, their legal forms, countries and states of incorporation; maintain documentation describing the tax strategy and target structure; conduct research on global tax strategy matters to create a scalable, tax-efficient structure.
• Compliance & Governance: Co-develop and maintain a comprehensive legal and tax compliance calendar across jurisdictions; monitor country-by-country compliance with statutory legal, financial and tax deadlines; manage external audits in USA, Canada, and Estonia; ensure intra-group contracts and primary documentation are complete for audits; manage transfer-pricing documentation and external tax vendors.
• Tax & Financial Operations: Support internal accounting with tax guidance, obtain external tax consulting as needed, ensure compliance with direct/indirect taxes and accounting standards; manage payroll vendors and tax filings; monitor tax changes in USA, Canada, and the EU and advise actions; manage capitalization tables and equity contribution documentation.
• Legal Technology & Risk Management: Conduct quarterly internal legal audits; co-design with the CFO risk strategies and training; design customer scoring and risk assessment procedures; manage contract lifecycle workflows in JIRA; simplify contracts for tests and low-value sales orders; review and update standard templates of various agreements as needed.
• M&A & Corporate Finance: Structure strategic transactions, lead data-room diligence, draft and negotiate core transaction documents, advise on instruments (SAFE, convertible notes, debt facilities); act as lead negotiator with counterpart counsels.
• Customer Contracts Management: Lead reviews of customer contracts, negotiate complex provisions, coordinate with Business Development, Production, and Finance; resolve disputes and seek favorable out-of-court settlements when possible.
• Legal Operations & PM: Find and contract new service providers for legal, tax, and audit services; manage registering new legal entities and opening bank accounts; manage KYC/AML requests; prepare intra-company and financing agreements as requested.
• Other: Review and update internal templates and maintain consistent standards across legal and tax practices as required.

Requirements

• English fluency is required.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Master's Degree in Law.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in corporate law, preferably with international tax and international corporate finance, including at least 3 years in management (senior manager/partner level).
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex legal projects and multiple stakeholder engagements in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Strong and enthusiastic team with opportunities for knowledge sharing and professional development.
• Direct collaboration with the Finance Director.
• Challenging tasks in a growing organization.
• Remote work and flexible hours.
• Opportunity to work in an international game production company with attractive remuneration and professional development opportunities.

This is a remote, full-time contractor position.

We are an equal opportunity company and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for a contract without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.