[Legal & IP] Business Legal Staff

Background for Recruitment

Our group is globally expanding diverse entertainment businesses, including games, metaverse, IP, and DX. With the growth and diversification of our business, the role of the business legal team supporting the forefront is becoming increasingly important. We are widely recruiting practical staff who can respond quickly and accurately to the various legal challenges that arise daily and drive business growth together.

Job Description

As a member of the Business Legal Group, you will be broadly responsible for the following tasks, depending on your experience and skills. In the future, we expect you to deepen your expertise in the entire entertainment domain, focusing on one of the businesses.

• Creation, Review, and Negotiation Support for Contracts:
• Drafting, reviewing, and supporting negotiations for various contracts related to business activities, such as NDAs, outsourcing agreements, license agreements, and joint venture agreements.
• Legal Consultation for Business Divisions:
• Providing legal consultation from the planning and development stages of new businesses, services, and campaigns, analyzing legal risks, and proposing alternative solutions to realize business goals.
• Laws and Regulations Research:
• Researching and analyzing various laws and rules related to business, such as the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Subcontract Act, Payment Services Act, Personal Information Protection Act, and platform operators' terms of service.
• Creation of Legal Regulations/Manuals, Training Support:
• Supporting the creation of various documents and training to standardize contract operations and improve the legal literacy of business divisions.

Application Requirements

Required

• Practical experience in corporate legal affairs (contract legal affairs) (目安: 3 years or more)
• Basic knowledge of contract drafting and review, capable of handling various contract types
• High communication skills to smoothly collaborate with business division personnel

Welcome

• Lawyer qualification
• Practical legal experience at an internet business company
• Language proficiency to read and write English contracts without difficulty
• Knowledge of specific fields such as the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Subcontract Act, Payment Services Act, and Personal Information Protection Act

Desired Candidate Profile

• Individuals who can actively engage in work in cooperation with others as a team member
• Individuals who can think and propose "ways to make things happen" to advance the business, rather than being critics
• Individuals with strong intellectual curiosity and a proactive desire to learn about our business areas such as games and entertainment, as well as new laws and business models
• Individuals who are not averse to detailed work and can perform tasks accurately and quickly

Job Details

Employment Type

Regular employee

Salary

Negotiable

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

Location

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

Measures against passive smoking

No smoking indoors (outdoor smoking area available)

Remarks on Employment Type

• Depending on the job type/position, there is a possibility of being offered employment as a contract employee. Please be aware of this in advance. (Track record of conversion to regular employee available)

Company Information

Business Activities

• Game business
• Metaverse business
• IP business
• DX business
• Investment business

Established

December 7, 2004

Representative

Representative Director, Chairman & President Yoshikazu Tanaka

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 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 system (Saturday and Sunday), national holidays, annual paid leave (10 days granted 3 months after joining), summer vacation, year-end and New Year holidays, congratulatory/condolence leave, family leave, etc.

Benefits

• GREE Family Support

Family telework, family leave, babysitter subsidy, shorter/staggered working hours

• GREE Lifestyle Support

Drink subsidy, corporate defined contribution pension, employee stock ownership plan (employee stock ownership plan is only for regular employees)

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

Various Insurances

Health insurance, welfare pension, employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance

Work Style

Currently, we employ a hybrid work style combining remote work and office attendance.

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

• Initially, we expect you to come to the office for a certain period to get accustomed to the work and company culture.

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 limits on total contract period or number of renewals)

• Renewal may be made after the company notifies the employee in advance and obtains the employee's consent, but automatic renewal will not occur.
• The decision to renew will be made considering the following circumstances:

(1) Company's business conditions

(2) Whether there are 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) Whether there are changes in workload or workload at the end of the contract period

(7) Compliance with company regulations, including work rules

(8) Other circumstances equivalent to the above items

• The term of the employment contract shall generally not exceed one year, and even if renewed, the total employment period from the initial contract date shall not exceed four years.