Legal Counsel

1 Month ago • 2-5 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Legal Counsel will support the company's legal team and business in Singapore, focusing on human resource management, cross-border procurement, and online games-related compliance research. They will provide advice on structuring transactions, assess legal risks, and minimize potential disputes. The role involves monitoring legal and regulatory changes globally, covering standard legal matters such as contract negotiation and management, and supporting game-related compliance and international projects. They will also perform general corporate and legal housekeeping tasks.
Must have:
  • Graduate of a recognised law school in Singapore or common law jurisdiction.
  • 2 – 5 years of related experience in gaming or tech industry.
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with employment laws and cross-border commercial transactions.
  • Strong interest in games.

Job Details

Who Are We?

HoYoverse is committed to providing immersive virtual world experiences to players around the world. We have brought fans popular games including Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and Zenless Zone Zero, as well as a wide range of entertainment content.

Community is at the heart of everything we do. We are devoted to engaging fans and fostering an enthusiastic and inclusive global community that provides access and encouragement for people to share their passion for ACG (Animation, Comics, and Games) through their own creativity and skills.

Pushing the boundaries of imagination, we consistently explore cutting-edge game development technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cel shading, cloud gaming, and other fields.

In the future, we will continue to expand our content production, technology research, and publishing duties through operations in offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

When you apply to a position with HoYoverse, we will process your personal data. To learn more about how we process your data, we encourage you to review our comprehensive Global Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. This policy provides detailed insights into how your information is collected, used, and protected throughout the application process.

What You Will Do:

  • Provide support to the company’s legal team and business in Singapore, in particular in the areas of human resource management, cross-border procurement and online games-related compliance research
  • Provide advice and structuring transactions, assessing legal risks & minimise the risk of potential disputes
  • Monitor changes and developments in the legal and regulatory environment across the globe in relation to the development, publishing and distribution of games
  • Coverage of standard legal matters such as negotiating, drafting, and reviewing contracts and commercial agreements, researching local laws and regulations, and managing of external legal counsel where needed
  • Perform general corporate and legal housekeeping tasks
  • Support Legal Counsel (Global) to manage game-related compliance issues and other international projects

What We Are Looking For:

  • Graduate of a recognised law school either in Singapore or any other common law jurisdiction and admitted as a member of the legal profession in Singapore
  • 2 – 5 years of related experience in the gaming and/or tech industry, preferably a multinational corporation or a law firm with an international practice
  • Familiarity with employment laws and cross-border commercial transactions will be a plus
  • Strong background in contract law, drafting and negotiation
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in the English language, proficiency in basic conversational Mandarin (spoken and written) preferred in order to communicate with key business partners
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively and is able to communicate complex information in an accessible way
  • The following, while not requirements, will be a plus to have:
    • Strong interest in games

We are an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds are key to bringing our concepts to life. If you're looking to play a key role in creating the best immersive virtual world experience for our users, we invite you to join our team.

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