Corporate Counsel

About The Role

We're looking for a talented and passionate person to join Wildlife's Legal Team as Counsel.

We're looking for someone motivated, detail-oriented, and with solid experience in Corporate Law and Contracts to act as a strategic business partner, in a role with a predominantly international scope, including entities based in the United States, Brazil, Canada and Finland. The position offers autonomy to own processes end-to-end and direct contact with senior leadership on strategic company matters.

We know that the work we do has a high impact on our company's success and culture. The right person for this position is curious by nature, comfortable in an autonomous, take-the-initiative environment, loves solving problems, and can juggle multiple demands at once.

 

What You'll Do

• Provide legal opinion in relation to the Corporate Area
• Provide legal support to all Wildlife entities, in Brazil and abroad
• Structure and apply corporate governance rules for the group’s entities
• Draft and coordinate board resolutions and board meeting materials
• Handle the entities' annual corporate compliance obligations, in Brazil and abroad
• Coordinate with external law firms across different jurisdictions
• Review and negotiate contracts (NDAs, vendor, licensing, service provider, real estate, insurance agreements, intercompany agreements, financial agreements, etc)
• Manage the Company’s contract management system and related platforms
• Manage and support the stock option plan: grants, exercises, repurchases, consulting, etc, and provide legal advice with respect to equity-related matters
• Manage the cap table and the shareholder register
• Support audits and KYC/AML reviews
• Work closely with many different areas of the Company, such as Finance, Tax, Controllership, Facilities, Engineering, Live Games
• Build playbooks and automation initiatives applied to the Company
• Structure, prepare and review managerial reports and documents

 

What You'll Need

• Solid experience in Corporate Law and contracts
• Prior experience with stock option plans
• Law degree and active Brazilian Bar (OAB) membership
• Working proficiency in English, to independently handle international documents and meetings
• Autonomous, organized profile, comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Clear and transparent communication, keeping the team updated on work status
• Team builder
• Be a business partner and business oriented
• Strong social skills
• Experience with M&A transactions (a plus)
• Experience with foreign entities and international jurisdictions (a plus)
• Background at startups, tech companies, or law firms with a venture capital practice (a plus)
• LLM in Corporate Law (a plus)

 

About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the world's leading mobile game developers and publishers. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Here, we create games that excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come.

 

Equal Opportunity

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.