Legal Counsel – Business Law / IP & Entertainment Law

4 Weeks ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

As Legal Counsel, you will be the primary legal contact for DOTEMU, a subsidiary of PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT, managing all legal aspects of its publishing and development activities. Your responsibilities will include drafting, negotiating, and overseeing various contracts in both French and English, such as game publishing, co-production, and licensing agreements. You will ensure the security of the contractual chain, especially concerning intellectual property, provide legal advice to operational teams on business law and intellectual property matters, conduct internal training sessions, and contribute to the harmonization of legal tools and processes within the group. Continuous monitoring of legal and industry developments is also expected.

Must have:

Drafting and negotiating contracts in French and English.
Securing contractual aspects related to intellectual property.
Providing legal advice on business and IP matters.

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The PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT group, built on the DNA of FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT, brings together globally recognized creative talents in the publishing and creation of original content in the video game industry. Through its various entities, including DOTEMU, it embodies a strong ambition: to carry a powerful, unifying, and inspiring brand.

Reporting to the Group Legal Director, you will be the legal reference for our subsidiary DOTEMU, handling all legal matters related to its publishing and development activities (excluding labor law and compliance).

Your main responsibilities include:

Drafting, negotiating, validating, and monitoring contracts in French and English: game publishing and development contracts, co-production, licensing, IP rights transfer, porting, distribution, marketing, services, NDA, etc.
Securing the contractual chain, particularly on aspects related to intellectual property: copyright, neighboring rights, trademarks...
Providing legal advice to operational teams on business law, consumer law, and intellectual property matters.
Legal awareness: conducting internal training sessions and implementing processes tailored to the group's activities.
Participating in harmonizing legal tools and processes at the group level:
- standard contracts,
- tracking tables,
- FAQs,
- Document Management Tools (CLM)...
Continuous legal monitoring of legislative, regulatory, case law developments, as well as sector best practices.