Legal Counsel

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Job Description

Ubisoft is organized on an operating model that revolves around 5 Creative Houses bringing together franchises, studios, and teams with shared audiences, expertise and business ambitions. Each Creative House owns its creative vision, brand strategy, roadmaps, production decisions, and is accountable for the growth and performance of its portfolio. Creative Houses operate with strong autonomy within HQ-defined standards and governance.

The Product Counsel provides end-to-end daily legal support for HQ / group topics and global or cross-franchise initiatives. The role ensures consistent application of HQ governance, risk standards, and scalable legal practices across the organization.

Alongside the legal counsels embedded within each Creative House, Product Counsels handle deals and projects that don’t belong to a single Creative House: structuring commercial agreements, group-wide frameworks, and new strategic initiatives.

Product Counsel may also provide case-by-case overflow support to Creative House legal Counsels during peak periods or exceptional situations.

This position combines breadth, cross-franchise impact and hands-on deal work, with real room to shape the tools and precedents the whole team relies on.

Key Responsibilities

- Draft, negotiate and manage all commercial agreements relating to production, marketing and distribution of Ubisoft video games, as well as cross-functional Group topics, covering a range of third-party contractual relationships, including:

• Service agreements related to game development;
• Marketing-related agreements (agents, talent, etc.);
• License agreements, both granted and received;
• Distribution;
• IT agreements (software for production teams).

- Act as a business partner for production, development and marketing teams - providing practical, tailored legal advice on IP/IT and cross-functional topics, and translating complex legal issues into clear, actionable guidance throughout the creative and development process.

- Support and train production, development and marketing teams (including international creative teams) to adopt sound legal judgment that free up creativity, notably through legal review and validation of content integrated into games.

- Contribute to structuring and documenting the team's resources - building practical legal tools, templates and an effective legal knowledge hub for internal clients, and driving continuous improvement of standard agreements and legal processes.

- Monitor legal developments and commercial trends in the video game industry and the broader innovation sector likely to impact Ubisoft's production activities.

- Ensure compliance with Ubisoft's business requirements, internal policies and risk tolerance.

Qualifications

Relevant experience

• Strong background in intellectual property and commercial contracting
• Experience in adjacent domains is strongly valued
• Ability to operate at a strategic level while remaining hands-on and delivery-oriented

Skills and knowledge

• Business-first legal judgment (pragmatic, risk-based, solutions-driven)
• Strong prioritization and time management
• Clear communication and influence with senior stakeholders
• Operational rigor (process discipline, documentation, follow-through)
• Collaborative approach; confident escalation when needed

Ubisoft's perks

Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and your family, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.
Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks.
Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station). Gym available in the building.

Recruitment process

[30 minutes] : phone call with a Recruiter,
[60 minutes] : interview with the manager of the role and a Recruiter,
[60 minutes] : case study,
[60 minutes] : interview with n+2 and n+3,
[30 minutes] : phone call with the Chief Legal Office

Additional Information

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.