Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel, working under the direction and supervision of Senior Legal Counsel, will have specific responsibilities in the areas of commercial contracts and legal operations; however, this individual will be expected to operate independently and maintain accountability over the individual's area of responsibility. This individual will be responsible for actively managing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, while serving as a reliable and knowledgeable liaison between the business and Legal department. This role may be based in Jersey City, New Jersey, or can be done remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Review, draft and negotiate commercial contracts (examples below) and provide strategic and proactive legal advice to business clients.
• Examples of agreement types: iGaming agreements, payment processing agreements, vendor agreements (MSAs/SOWs for marketing, technology, data, and intellectual property contracts), use license agreements, market access agreements, partnership agreements, sponsorship agreements, affiliate agreements, and promotions (sweepstakes, contests).
• Ability to draft and synthesize key clauses and create bespoke agreements in connection with unique business transactions.
• Adopt a collaborative approach with business partners to lead negotiations with partners, suppliers, and affiliates across different business functions.
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously and possess the ability to correctly prioritize and triage the same.
• Maintain an effective and organized executed contract repository utilizing the company's contract management system.
• Assess risks and use sound business and legal judgment to respond to questions, make decisions, and negotiate deals to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Inspire confidence in business partners by consistently providing well-reasoned legal advice and practical and creative solutions to complex issues.
• Demonstrate confidence in risk-managed decision making and judgment.
• Proactively identify and advise on legal issues arising from potential and existing commercial relationships.
• Collaborate with, support, and advise business partners on a wide array of contractual and commercial matters requiring legal advice (examples include product, technology, sports betting and gaming operations, marketing, finance, and human resources.
• Assist in various team projects and initiatives, including making continuous improvements to commercial legal processes, liaising with business partners to assist in creating or improving relevant policies, revising and updating contract templates, driving adoption of company's contract management tool.
• Exhibit a strong work ethic and take ownership of complex projects and contract reviews with minimal supervision while demonstrating sound judgment and superior decision-making, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrate leadership and teamworking skills in support of a collaborative environment.
• Exhibit utmost professionalism in all settings; be capable of deploying strong advocacy skills in a tactful and effective manner while maintaining complete credibility with all stakeholders.
• Consistently produce excellent work product.
• Establish and maintain positive and effective working relationships with co-workers, internal clients, and external business partners.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and demonstrates the highest integrity in all settings.
• Coordinate cross-functional legal input by working closely with other attorneys in the legal department.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by Senior Legal Counsel.

Essential Functions:
Must be able to stand or sit and operate computers and other technological devices for extended periods of time.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor Degree required.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of being a licensed attorney with progressive responsibility in reviewing and negotiating contracts.
• Experience practicing law in a top-tier law firm and/or equivalent in-house experience.
• Experience working in an in-house legal department, regulated industry, and/or negotiating technology services, software, SaaS transactions preferred.
• Gaming license registration as required by applicable jurisdictions.
• Substantive knowledge and understanding of legal strategies and principles related to contract drafting and negotiating; ability to analyze and apply legal principles and precedents to legal issues; ability to perform legal research, evaluate alternatives and make sound recommendations.
• Basic proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Outlook.
• Experience working with a contract management tool preferred.