Senior Counsel, Business Transactions & Partnerships

Nintendo; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Nintendo of America is seeking a seasoned corporate lawyer to provide strategic legal counsel across marketing, partnerships, sponsorships, and consumer-facing initiatives in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

The role requires a strong background in IP, marketing and contracts law, with extensive drafting and negotiation experience, and the ability to advise business teams while managing risk in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of experience as a practicing lawyer, including experience working with marketing teams.
• Strong understanding of intellectual property, marketing law, and contracts law.
• Working knowledge of commercial law, entertainment law, and antitrust.
• Extensive document drafting and negotiation experience, including agreements related to marketing, advertising, promotions, and sales, IP licenses, and other commercial agreements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides legal support to marketing, advertising, sales, and communications teams across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
• Negotiates, prepares, administers, and consults on complex company-wide contracts, including promotions, sponsorships, marketing partnerships, media integrations, influencers and celebrities, agency services, production services, tradeshows and events, sales and distribution, software subscriptions, IP licenses, etc.
• Partners with the business to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that enables business objectives while managing risk.
• Advises on marketing campaigns and assists with legal review of Nintendo advertising, marketing, and promotional materials.
• Coordinates with outside counsel on marketing laws, antitrust, regulatory compliance, IP and contract matters.
• May assign, monitor, and review the work of assigned staff.
• Assists with budget development.
• Reviews company activities and policies for legal compliance and adherence to domestic and foreign governmental policies and regulations.
• Provides legal advice to and responds to inquiries from company departments, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
• May conduct in-house training seminars.

Skills

Marketing teams

Intellectual property

Contracts law

Commercial law

Entertainment law

Antitrust

Negotiation

Drafting

Communication

Education

Law degree

Washington State Bar Association

Job description

Nintendo of America is seeking a seasoned corporate lawyer to provide strategic legal counsel across marketing, partnerships, sponsorships, and consumer-facing initiatives in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

The role requires a strong background in IP, marketing and contracts law, with extensive drafting and negotiation experience, and the ability to advise business teams while managing risk in a fast-paced environment.