Description
As a Senior Legal Counsel specialising in music at Ubisoft, you will be the go-to legal expert for all music-related matters across our games, including licensing and synchronisation. Your role involves negotiating and drafting contracts with external partners, advising production teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Negotiate and draft music-related contracts, including licences, commissions, and distribution agreements, in French and English
- Provide strategic and operational advice to production teams, making complex legal concepts accessible
- Act as a natural point of contact for creative teams on music-related queries, offering practical guidance
- Educate creative teams globally to enhance their legal awareness and collaborate with the legal team to develop useful tools
- Monitor regulatory changes and market trends in the music and gaming industries to anticipate impacts on production
- Ensure compliance with business needs, internal policies, and risk tolerance
- Contribute to continuous improvement of contract templates and legal processes
- Work closely with external law firms on sensitive cases
Qualifications:
- Significant experience in music law, ideally within a corporate setting
- Strong background in drafting and negotiating music contracts under various jurisdictions
- Fluency in French and English, with ability to work in both languages
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to simplify complex legal concepts
- Strong negotiation skills, with a win-win approach and comfort in ambiguous situations
- Emotional intelligence, curiosity, and sound judgement, with ability to unite stakeholders from different backgrounds
Additional Information:
- Recruitment process: phone exchange with recruiter, interview with hiring manager and recruiter, interview with Chief Legal Officer
- Benefits: participation, company savings plan, 25 days' paid holiday, 12 days' RTT, 50% transport pass reimbursement, meal vouchers, good health insurance, and more
- Ubisoft offers a 20-week maternity leave and 7-week paternity/co-parental leave