Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence driven gambling software, services, content and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling technology through its integrated platform technology, Playtech ONE. Playtech ONE delivers data driven marketing expertise, single wallet functionality, CRM and responsible gambling solutions across one single platform across product verticals and across retail and online.

Playtech partners with and invests in the leading brands in regulated and newly regulated markets to deliver its data driven gambling technology across the retail and online value chain. Playtech provides its technology on a B2B basis to the industry's leading retail and online operators, land-based casino groups and government sponsored entities such as lotteries. Playtech directly owns and operates Snaitech, the leading sports betting and gaming company in online and retail in Italy.

The Legal Counsel is a key member of the legal department, responsible for leading and independently negotiating agreements with customers and suppliers, as well as consulting and supporting internal stakeholders in decision making.

• Provide legal advice on a wide range of software licensing and services agreements, corporate matters, including joint ventures, corporate governance and other business transactions.
• Negotiating, drafting and securing various commercial agreements – with strong emphasis on software licensing and services agreements of all kinds and corporate and JV agreement.  
• Assist in negotiating and drafting company governance agreements and ensuring alignment with applicable laws and business objectives.
• Provide legal counsel on risk management and mitigate legal risks associated with corporate activities.
• Work with external counsel when necessary to handle specialized legal matters.
• Assist with the formation and structuring of corporate entities and subsidiaries.
• Working alongside other departments within the company, and manage the contractual journey end to end.
• Dealing with complex and unique legal multinational matters with multiple stakeholders.

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience, preferably in house in a hi-tech company or a reputable law firm.
• strong understanding of licensing, joint ventures,  corporate governance, company bylaws, shareholder agreements, and regulatory compliance.

• Business oriented deal maker.
• ⁠Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-driven and able to independently follow through tasks and projects to completion.
• High standard of work ethics, ability to complete tasks accurately and in a timely manner.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in English, Spanish an advantage
• ⁠Experience working in a fast-paced, high-demanding environment.