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Senior Legal Counsel International Employment (W/M/NB)

Job Description

As a business partner of the HR teams, you are at the heart of the protection of Ubisoft intellectual property and of intangible assets (human, relational and structural capital) coming from the Group’s talents.

Your mission is to listen to and to give strategic and pragmatic advice to HR teams in order to guarantee this protection, according to Ubisoft culture and values.

You are the essential resource of the Group Legal Department in all matters concerning its talents’ protection. You are responsible for sensitive issues involving top management at the international level.

In this respect:

As a Legal Counsel based in Paris within the Group Legal Department, you are at the heart of what makes Ubisoft unique: its talents.

Your days will be punctuated by the support of the HR teams, both at the headquarters and locally, as well as many other teams, on a wide range of legal issues. These issues will often be disruptive and will have important multicultural legal implications:

• Collaborating with leadership teams and supporting working groups established to discuss new topics such as new modes of collaboration and work;
• Drafting and implementing HR processes and guidelines regarding employees, monitoring their evolution, their application and their commitment locally;
• Protecting intangible assets in the employment contracts, notably at the international top management level;
• Participating in external growth transactions through the audit of targets' employment contracts, their alignment with Ubisoft practices, their improvement if needed and the drafting of employment contracts for key people;
• Supporting HR teams on litigation management and the deployment of an international lawyers network;
• Looking for significant changes in the legal landscape and in HR developments in the video games industry and other disruptive industries which might have a direct or indirect impact on Human topics.

Since you have a transversal involvement, you will support and train HR teams to the best legal reflexes globally.

Qualifications

• As a legal professional, you have a strong experience on similar positions in international contexts. You have already worked on several different projects simultaneously in a multilingual environment.
• Extremely meticulous, you easily adapt and you feel comfortable in a creative environment. You are business-oriented and a risk-taker.
• You are self-sufficient while having a strong team spirit at the same time.
• Fluent English (written and spoken) is essential in order to be able to work in a multicultural context: most of your stakeholders will be English speakers.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and know how to listen to and to adapt to various stakeholders. You also show a sharp legal analysis and are in-house legal counsel-oriented.
• Your negotiating style is win-win. You remain calm under all circumstances. You enjoy working in ambiguous and unknown fields.

Additional Information

Don’t hesitate and send us your application if you want to join us in this temporary position at our International HQ based in Saint-Mandé.

Joining Ubisoft means joining a company that sends you all the thrilling vibes and energy you can find in a startup, along with all the perks of a big company! These include:

• Profit sharing
• 4 free video games/year (ours of course ;))
• A workplace team dedicated to make your daily work experience at Ubisoft the best: Monday morning breakfasts, rest areas, gaming areas, free hot drinks and fresh fruit, discount on a wide range of shows…
• And that’s naming just a few!

If you are interested in this position and reckon you have what it takes, all you have left to do is send in your application via SmartRecruiters. We will get back to you within 3 weeks and if we think your profile matches the needs for the role, we will organize a 20-30 minutes phonecall, followed up by 1 to 2 interviews.

We look forward to reading you!!

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers community.

The position is attached to the International Headquarter.

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.

Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.