Legal Counsel - Commercial, Marketing & IP - EMEA (Remote)

Overview

The organization is seeking a Legal Counsel responsible for two primary areas: protecting the brand globally and enabling marketing and commercial activity. Approximately half of the role focuses on IP and marketing legal work, including management of a global trademark portfolio through external counsel, advising marketing teams on campaigns, sponsorships, and advertising, and coordinating market-entry questions with regulatory teams and outside firms. The remaining half covers commercial contract work across sponsorship, advertising, vendor, and revenue agreements.

This role works closely with Marketing, Product, and Regulatory teams and serves as the bridge to external counsel in markets where the organization is expanding.

Responsibilities

• Manage the global IP portfolio, including trademarks, branding, graphics, and creative assets; instruct and oversee external counsel on registrations and enforcement
• Advise marketing teams on campaigns, content, sponsorships, and advertising across multiple jurisdictions
• Instruct external counsel on market-entry questions (e.g., advertising rules, reverse solicitation, sponsorship structures in new markets) and translate external advice into clear internal guidance
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including sponsorship, advertising, media, vendor, and revenue agreements
• Partner with Regulatory, Product, and internal stakeholders to identify issues early and route them to the right specialist
• Build and maintain internal playbooks, templates, and guidance to help marketing teams self-serve on routine questions
• Support brand-protection actions against infringement and misuse of the organization’s marks

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with 7–10+ years’ post-qualification experience in-house or in private practice
• Experience advising on marketing, advertising, or brand matters (e.g., tech, fintech, payments, media, an advertising agency, or a consumer brand)
• Hands-on IP portfolio experience, including trademark registrations, brand protection, and managing external counsel across jurisdictions
• Strong commercial contracts background, including drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements such as sponsorship/advertising agreements, vendor agreements, revenue partnerships, digital assets framework agreements, subscription/distribution agreements, and partnership agreements
• Sound judgment to determine when to handle matters directly versus when to escalate to regulatory specialists or external counsel
• Comfortable working with data and marketing performance context, not only legal text
• Clear, practical communication skills that produce usable answers for non-lawyers

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in crypto, tech, fintech, traditional marketing and advertising, or sports partnerships
• Experience supporting market entry or expansion into new jurisdictions, including contentious experience
• Experience working in a global or matrix organization across time zones
• Familiarity with data protection issues and material commercial clauses in marketing (consent, targeting, analytics)

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and education subsidy for employees’ growth and development
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
• Various team-building programs and company events

Location

Location not specified in the provided job description.