[Hiring] Senior Legal Counsel @Booming Games

Role Description

We are seeking a commercially sharp, collaborative Senior Legal Counsel to join our established legal team. Working alongside our Director of Legal & Risk and in-house counsels, you will play a key role in driving our B2B commercial deal flow, safeguarding our intellectual property, and managing international expansion across regulated markets.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with other in-house counsels and cross-functional partners in commercial and product teams. You will take joint and individual ownership of complex B2B license and integration agreements, optimise deal-structuring processes that accelerate revenue, protect our proprietary game assets, and support global compliance efforts as we continue our international growth.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalise complex B2B agreements, including license agreements, aggregator agreements, API integration terms and service level agreements.
• Partner directly with the commercial team to structure key contractual terms around revenue-share models, platform integration fees, SLA guarantees, and liability limits.
• Proactively identify process improvements and deal-structuring strategies that accelerate contract execution and drive revenue targets without compromising legal safeguards.
• Partner with the internal compliance and product teams to monitor evolving regulatory frameworks across key licensed markets.
• Handle IP clearance, copyright registrations, trademark filings, and licensing agreements for branded games.
• Advise on protecting the company’s core IP assets, including trademarks, game design elements, original audio/art and source code.
• Manage IP infringement disputes, cease-and-desist actions, and unauthorised game cloning/scraping.
• Work closely with product and tech leads to defend against IP infringement claims and manage trade secret protection.
• Advise on international data privacy regulations as they apply to B2B data flows, analytics and platform processing.
• Manage relationships with local external legal counsel across multiple overseas jurisdictions to ensure cost-effective delivery of advisory services.
• Advise on legal requirements for market expansion, local entity setup, and supplier licensing.
• Handle general corporate governance, cross-border corporate structure queries and vendor/employment agreements as required.
• Maintain accurate legal records, ensuring proper documentation for any compliance efforts, audits and investigations.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer in good standing.
• 5+ years of post-qualification experience in-house or at a top-tier law firm.
• Minimum 2+ years of direct iGaming experience, specifically within a B2B game supplier or platform aggregator.
• Exceptional commercial negotiation skills, pragmatic risk-appraisal and the ability to turn complex legal advice into actionable guidelines.
• Demonstrated expertise in B2B software licensing, technology distribution agreements, and IP law.
• Ability to balance strict legal risk management with pragmatic, revenue-driving solutions.
• Deep understanding of multi-jurisdictional iGaming regulatory landscapes and supplier licensing procedures.
• Self-starter capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising effectively, and taking ownership without needing too much supervision.
• Strong communication skills to simplify complex legal concepts for non-legal teams.
• Fluent in written and spoken professional legal English.

Requirements

• Good to know: In order to be considered, please submit your CV in English.
• We kindly ask for your understanding that we can only consider applicants within the Central European Timezone +/- 2.
• This full-time position can be a permanent employment in Malta or on a freelance basis for contractors in other countries.

Benefits

• We’re a 100% remote-first company, offering a best-in-class remote experience.
• Competitive package.
• Dog-friendly offices in Berlin and Malta.
• Family-friendly policies.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Zestful working environment.
• Knowledge sharing opportunities.
• Dynamic culture surrounded by industry experts.
• Company social events for team bonding.