Senior Legal Counsel

6 Months ago • 5 Years + • Legal

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Legal Counsel at Tencent, you'll be a key member of the legal team advising international business, marketing, and operations teams. You will support one of the world's largest internet companies in gaming, cloud computing, media, and general compliance. Responsibilities include advising Tencent's game business teams in Korea on legal and business issues, supporting game operational legal matters, negotiating and drafting agreements (IP licensing, service, advertising), ensuring compliance with international laws, supporting invested game studios, and cooperating with global Tencent attorneys. The role requires strong transactional and technology licensing experience.
Must have:
  • Juris Doctor or LLM
  • 5+ years experience
  • Transactional & Tech licensing exp
  • Korean & English fluency
  • Admitted to relevant bar
  • Advise Korean game business teams
Good to have:
  • Technical background
  • Gaming/entertainment law exp
  • Privacy law experience
  • Mandarin Chinese

Job Details

Responsibilities:

About Tencent
Tencent is focused on bringing high-quality and engaging internet services and entertainment to its users. Tencent is among the top ten publicly traded companies by market value. Tencent is the largest gaming company in the world, partnering with developers such as Riot Games, Nintendo, Nexon, EA, Supercell, and Activision. Tencent’s diversified services include WeChat / QQ, Tencent Cloud, Tencent Games, Tencent Video and Tencent Pictures.

About Tencent Legal
Tencent’s in-house legal department is on the forefront of the intersection between law and technology and has helped shape internet law. Tencent Legal has been awarded the Most Innovative Asia-Pacific In-House Legal Team by the Financial Times and In-House Team of the Year by China Law & Practice. Many of its lawyers have worked and studied in the US and abroad.

General Description

As a Legal Counsel at Tencent you will be a key member of a growing team of in-house attorneys advising Tencent’s international business, marketing, and operations teams as they interact with companies around the world. You will have a ground level opportunity to support one of the largest internet companies in the world in areas such as gaming, cloud computing, media, technology, and general compliance work.

Responsibilities

  • Advise Tencent’s game business teams in Korea on legal and business issues. Support game operational legal matters in Korea.
  • Negotiate, draft, and review IP licensing agreements, service agreements, advertising agreements and other general commercial agreements with Korean local partners and vendors.
  • Ensure compliance with Korean, US, European, and other international laws and regulations.
  • Support Tencent’s invested game studios in Korea.
  •  Cooperate with other Tencent attorneys based in Asia, Europe and the US.
  •  Manage outside counsels.

Requirements:

Requirements

  • Education: Juris Doctor or LLM.
  • Strong transactional and technology licensing experience.
  • Years of Experience: 5+ years’ work experience in a law firm or in-house legal department.
  • Bar: Admitted to relevant bar.
  • Working Language: Korean and English (Mandarin Chinese preferred).

Preferred

  • Technical background (Computer Science or EE).
  • Gaming, and/or entertainment law experience.
  • Privacy law experience

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About The Company

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world.


Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen, China, Tencent's guiding principle is to use technology for good. Our communication and social services connect more than one billion people around the world, helping them to keep in touch with friends and family, access transportation, pay for daily necessities, and even be entertained.


Tencent also publishes some of the world's most popular video games and other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe.


Tencent also offers a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.


Tencent has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since 2004.

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