Job Vacancy Details
Sole Counsel
Technology
Windsor
Permanent
Updated April 28, 2008
As a result of continued business growth, the opportunity now exists to establish the In-House legal function for Nintendo UK. As part of the Senior Management team, you will assist the UK business on qualifying legal requests for contractual support. It's a key role that will involve working internally and with external partners to ensure commercial business principles are maintained whilst ensuring compliance with all UK and EU legal requirements.
Key Tasks
• Contracts:
- Promotional agreements with partners
- Sponsorship agreements with non-profit organisations
- Trading Terms with customers
- Trading agreements with other businesses and Service Providers
• Anti-Piracy, IP Protection and Anti-Counterfeit co-ordination (sitting on internal industry committee and liaising HR and Employment contracts /conditions along with Personnel support with GM )
• Consumer issues and Government liaison
with Global Anti-Piracy Unit based in USA)
• Corporate Governance, Sarbannes Oxley
• Minor EU issues along with liaison and support with the Nintendo of Europe legal team
• Product compliance and other product issues
• Liaison with Head Office and other territories on legal issues
• Liaison and control of external legal partners
• Provision of ad-hoc training on Consumer / Commercial Law issues to Nintendo UK staff
Who we're looking for
• Qualification to be in the UK, or other EMEA country with experience of dealing in English LawExperience of working in an In-House environment, employed or on a secondment
• Demonstrable knowledge of issues affecting the supply of products to Consumers in the EMEA region
• Computer Literate, with working knowledge of using Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluent in English with current British Passport
About our client
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and GameCube systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video games and 409 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokemon.
The UK branch office which has experienced rapid growth over the last 3 years is located in Windsor.
What's on offer
Excellent Market Rate plus benefits
Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on 0118 955 9060.
Job Ref: 12894180
Your application will be sent to Matthew Sealy.
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