Legal & IP: Planning Legal Staff

Recruitment Background

The Legal & IP Department, which drives governance strengthening for our group, is recruiting for its 'Planning Legal Team', which serves as its command center. This team is an elite organization composed of experienced lawyers, legal professionals, and former consulting firm members. We are looking for core members who will not merely provide support, but will connect diverse groups of specialists in legal, intellectual property, and compliance, and collaboratively draw up and execute the department's overall strategy.

Job Description

As a member of the Planning Legal Team, you will proactively take charge of resolving complex issues faced by the Legal & IP Department and promoting important projects. We expect you to leverage your expertise to lead the following tasks:

• Project Execution and Promotion:
• As a person in charge of a specific workstream in important departmental projects (e.g., concretization of group RM system, function transfer, DX promotion), you will be responsible for issue analysis, policy formulation, and execution.
• Analysis and Proposal:
• Analyze various data within the department, identify inefficiencies and potential risks in business processes, and plan and propose concrete improvement measures.
• Conduct research, data analysis, and document creation for reports to management.
• Cross-functional Collaboration and Coordination:
• Facilitate discussions among specialized teams within the department (e.g., business legal, intellectual property, compliance) and promote consensus building.
• Handle practical coordination and collaboration with other departments, such as the company-wide risk management oversight department.

Application Requirements

Required

We are looking for individuals who possess one of the following experiences at an equally high level, depending on their strengths:

• For those with a focus on legal/compliance expertise:
• Practical experience in legal/compliance departments of operating companies (目安: 5 years or more)
• Deep knowledge of contract law, plus experience actively involved in improving business processes and system development
• For those with a focus on consulting/planning expertise:
• Practical experience in consulting firms or corporate planning/business planning departments of operating companies (目安: 5 years or more)
• Experience in structuring complex issues, data analysis, project management, plus strong interest and willingness to learn in legal/risk management

Skills commonly required for both types:

• High logical thinking ability to grasp the essence of issues
• Excellent documentation skills to clearly convey analysis and ideas (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Welcome

• (For legal/compliance experienced individuals)
• Skills and experience in strategic consulting and project management
• (For consulting/planning experienced individuals)
• Legal qualifications such as lawyer, and deep knowledge of specific risk areas
• Practical experience in the IT/entertainment industry

Desired Candidate Profile

• Individuals who find satisfaction in respectfully discussing with members of different specializations and maximizing team output.
• Individuals who can proactively learn with intellectual curiosity and expand their scope of responsibility, even in unfamiliar areas.
• Individuals who take ownership and persistently carry out tasks to solve complex issues.

Application Guidelines

Job Title / Recruitment Position Name

Legal & IP: Planning Legal Staff

Employment Type

Full-time employee

Salary

Negotiable

• Monthly salary system
• Includes the equivalent of 45 hours of overtime pay. *Overtime exceeding this will be paid.
• Salary review: Twice a year (February, August)
• Determined according to company regulations based on experience, performance, ability, and contribution.
• Bonus: Twice a year (February, August)
• Determined by company performance, individual performance, etc.
• Probationary period: Yes (3 months)

Work Location / Map

106-0032 Roppongi Hills Gate Tower, 6-11-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Passive Smoking Countermeasures

No smoking indoors (outdoor smoking area available)

Employment Type Notes

• Depending on the job type/position, there is a possibility of being offered employment as a contract employee. Please be aware in advance. (There is a track record of conversion to full-time employment)

Company Information

Company Name

GREE Holdings, Inc.

Business Activities

• Game Business
• Metaverse Business
• IP Business
• DX Business
• Investment Business

Established

December 7, 2004

Representative

Representative Director, Chairman & President Yoshikazu Tanaka

Head Office Location

Roppongi Hills Gate Tower, 6-11-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Number of Employees

1,533 (Group total, as of end of March 2025)

Working Hours

09:30-18:30 (8 hours actual work) 60 minutes break

• For discretionary labor (professional/planning), the above hours are a standard, and entrusted to the worker.

Scope of Change in Place of Work

(Immediately after hiring, scope of change*)

Our office or a location designated by us; for remote work, according to internal rules.

*"Scope of change" refers to the range of workplaces that may change due to future reassignments.

Holidays and Vacations

Complete two-day weekend (Sat/Sun), national holidays, annual paid leave (10 days granted 3 months after joining), summer vacation, year-end/New Year holidays, congratulatory/condolence leave, family leave, etc.

Benefits

• GREE Family Support
• Family remote work, family leave, babysitter subsidy, reduced/staggered working hours
• GREE Lifestyle Support
• Drink subsidy, corporate defined contribution pension, employee stock ownership plan (employee stock ownership plan is only for full-time employees)

For details, please check here: https://corp.gree.net/jp/ja/recruit/benefit/

Various Insurances

Health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance, worker's accident insurance

Work Style

Currently, our company adopts a work style that combines remote work and office attendance.

(Depending on the department, 3-4 days of remote work, 1-2 days of office attendance)

• Initially, to help you get accustomed to the work and company culture, we anticipate you will commute for a certain period.

Please confirm details during the interview.

Scope of Change in Duties to be Performed

Duties designated by the company

Criteria for Renewing a Fixed-Term Labor Contract (Including Maximum Total Contract Period or Number of Renewals)

• Renewal may be carried out after the company notifies the employee in advance and obtains the employee's consent, but automatic renewal will not occur.
• Furthermore, the presence or absence of renewal will be judged considering the following circumstances:
• (1) Company's business conditions
• (2) Presence or absence of changes in job content or contract terms
• (3) Work performance, attitude, or attendance during the contract period
• (4) Work execution ability or work efficiency
• (5) Progress of work
• (6) Presence or absence of changes in workload, or workload at the end of the contract period
• (7) Compliance with company regulations, including work rules
• (8) Presence or absence of other circumstances equivalent to the above items

• The period of the employment contract shall, in principle, not exceed one year, and even if renewed, the total employment period from the initial contract signing shall not exceed four years.