Counsel, Business Affairs

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 Companys common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website

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 Youll 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-Twos 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 arent 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-Twos in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e. via a email domain). If you need to report an issue or otherwise have questions please contact

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-Twos equal opportunity commitment please contact

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

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