Legal Counsel
Kaizen Gaming is seeking an experienced in-house Legal Counsel to lead its intellectual property legal work. The role involves protecting the company brands, clearing new products and campaigns, negotiating various commercial agreements, and turning enforcement strategy into results.
This position is ideal for a lawyer who is equally comfortable running a trademark opposition and sitting with a commercial team to explain why a campaign asset carries risk. The Legal Counsel will manage trademark filings, review marketing and sponsorship agreements, conduct clearance assessments for new features or brands, and advise product or commercial teams on live IP and digital compliance matters. The role requires a commercially minded and pragmatic individual who enjoys providing advice that enables the business rather than simply identifying risks, and wants genuine ownership of a high-value IP portfolio.
- Manage trademark prosecution, oppositions, and cancellation proceedings, and coordinate and supervise external counsel.
- Advise on copyright protection and enforcement for software, game content, and creative and marketing assets.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, marketing, advertising, influencer, ambassador, sponsorship, and IP licensing agreements, among others.
- Conduct IP clearance and freedom-to-operate analyses based on digital regulation for new titles, features, and branding, before launch rather than after.
- Review marketing materials and product releases for compliance with third-party IP rights and advertising rules in each territory.
- Partner with internal stakeholders on brand-protection enforcement, UDRP strategy, and takedown escalations.
- Monitor legislative and case-law developments in IP and digital regulation across operating jurisdictions and translate them into practical guidance.
- Contribute to internal IP / Digital Law training and to linking work to commercial outcomes.
- A law degree and license/admission to practice in any EU jurisdiction, with a strong academic record (required).
- A Master’s degree in Law (MSc or LL.M.) with a specialization in commercial law, entertainment law, intellectual property law or technology law is considered a strong plus (preferred).
- 3+ years of post-qualification experience in intellectual property and/or commercial law, ideally combining private practice and in-house exposure (required).
- Experience in entertainment / technology / gaming / media industry, or another regulated, multi-jurisdictional consumer sector (required).
- Demonstrable command of trademark prosecution and enforcement, including EUIPO and multi-jurisdictional filings and oppositions (required).
- Proven experience drafting and negotiating IP, licensing, sponsorship, and marketing agreements (required).
- Working knowledge of copyright, advertising, and unfair-competition law as it applies to digital and consumer brands, including familiarity with the EU digital-regulation stack (DSA, AI Act) (required).
- Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to provide clear, commercially focused legal advice to non-lawyers and communicate difficult messages constructively (required).
- Organizational rigor and ability to manage a high-volume portfolio with strong prioritization (required).
- Confidence using legal technology and AI-powered tools (required).
- Ability to work both collaboratively as a team member and independently, taking full ownership of workload to manage deadlines (required).
- Hybrid way of working
- A buddy will support you with your onboarding
- Competitive pay and bonus scheme
- Private health insurance for you and your family
- Monthly meal allowance
- Developmental 360° feedback framework
- Unlimited access to Udemy & continuous training
- Family Support
Kaizen Gaming is one of Europe's fastest-growing GameTech companies, operating the Betano and Stoiximan sports-betting and online-casino brands. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Athens, Greece, with a major operational hub in Malta, it serves more than 13 million customers across 19 markets in Europe, the Americas and Africa. The company builds its own technology, combining sportsbook, live betting and casino products. Its flagship Betano brand has grown internationally through sponsorships including UEFA competitions and major football clubs.