General Counsel

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Location: Remote (US East Coast or EU preferred)
Team: you an experienced paralegal
Reports to: CEO (with board exposure)

About us
We are a lean PC/console publisher with global launches and a remote-first culture. Low overhead high ownership and the freedom to do focused work from your home office.

Why this role exists
We want a seasoned #2 from a major publisher/platform to become our first in-house legal leader. Youll run the function immediately and have a structured path to a formal GC title (and company secretary duties) after agreed milestones.

What youll do

Own end-to-end commercial & publishing work: co-dev/OW work-for-hire milestone & rev-share porting/localization marketing/UA/creator deals vendor frameworks.
Lead platform/distribution agreements (Steam/console stores) age ratings (ESRB/PEGI/USK) and live-ops/legal policies (UGC online safety/age-appropriate design T&S escalation).
Build scalable playbooks: templates clause libraries approval matrices and a simple contract intake/SLA.
Manage outside counsel (IP litigation employment tax M&A).
Support board/CorpGov (insider list options/RSUs disclosures policy updates).
Mentor and direct our paralegal; set cadence priorities and quality bars.

What success looks like (promotion milestones)
Within 6-12 months youve:

Implemented a contract program (templates intake) with <10 business-day SLA.
Closed publisher/studio/platform deals independently with clean handoffs to production/finance.
Built a lean panel of outside counsel with pre-agreed fee caps.
Presented quarterly legal/risks dashboard to execs/board.

What youve done

8-12 years PQE including in-house at a video-game publisher/platform (US or EU).
Deep commercial/publishing negotiation under Delaware law (US).
Builder mindset: youve rolled out templates/ process in a lean environment; you like remote work and clear documentation.

Nice-to-haves

Ratings/loot box/age-design exposure; subscriptions/e-commerce; production fluency; cross-border (USUK/EU).

How we work
Remote-first home-office friendly core hours overlapping ET/UK minimal meetings strong docs and real ownership.

How to apply
Send a short note resume (or LinkedIn) and 12 anonymized deal summaries that show your publishing/studio work.

Location: Remote (US East Coast or EU preferred)Team: you an experienced paralegalReports to: CEO (with board exposure) About usWe are a lean PC/console publisher with global launches and a remote-first culture. Low overhead high ownership and the freedom to do focused work from your home office. W...