Head of Legal – General Counsel
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Head of Legal building InkuPlay’s internal legal function for Germany’s inclusive eSports organization. Advising management and teams on contracts, privacy, products, IP, employment, and governance.
Responsibilities:
- Build and further develop InkuPlay’s in-house legal function
- Advise executive management on legal and strategic matters
- Draft, review and negotiate customer, partner, supplier and other commercial agreements
- Develop and standardize contract templates, clause libraries and legal playbooks
- Establish efficient contract-review and approval processes
- Provide advice on data protection and product-related privacy issues, particularly regarding the GDPR, digital products and new technologies
- Provide legal support for new products, features, business models and partnerships
- Take responsibility for IP, copyright, trademark and content-related matters
- Support the People team on employment-law topics, employment contracts and freelancer arrangements
- Handle corporate law and corporate governance matters
- Develop and maintain central internal policies, including those on data protection, compliance, AI usage and information security
- Identify and prioritize key legal risks
- Manage and coordinate external law firms and specialist advisers
- Build a transparent legal and contract management system including deadlines, obligations and relevant risks
Requirements:
- Qualified lawyer (e.g., German Volljurist) or equivalent legal qualification
- Several years of relevant professional experience, ideally both in a law firm and in-house
- Experience as Legal Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Legal or in a comparable role
- Strong knowledge of general commercial and contract law
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements
- Good knowledge of data protection law and ideally experience with digital products, software, platforms or technology-driven business models
- Experience with IP, media, marketing or antitrust/competition law is a plus
- Solid understanding of employment and corporate law issues
- Experience building legal processes, templates or contract playbooks is especially welcome
- Ability to assess legal risks from a business perspective and to provide clear recommendations
- High degree of autonomy and a pragmatic working style
- Excellent written and spoken German and English
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