Paralegal (Remote within the UK)

Fancy joining the legal team of a world leading virtual reality games developer and publisher?

We are looking for a paralegal to join the nDreams Legal team on a permanent basis to support our In-House Counsel. You'll also have the opportunity to support our parent company Aonic's amazing small-to-mid sized video games studios. This is a fantastic junior opportunity for those interested in a career in practising law in the interactive entertainment industry.

The salary band for this role is £30,000 - £35,000.

We are looking for someone to join us in September!

This role is remote but will require occasional travel (up to 2 times a month) for face-to-face catch ups with our In-House Counsel in our Farnborough HQ.

Key Responsibilities:

Supporting the In-House Counsel to:

• Proactively identify and manage legal risks.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and laws and regulations.
• Assist the business and management team take informed, commercial and risk-based decisions to facilitate the achievement of a company's strategic goals.
• Provide ad-hoc legal support and guidance.
• Draft, negotiate and assist with the execution of contracts.

What you can expect to get involved in:

• Commercial contracts - reviewing, drafting and arranging the execution of a variety of contracts such as:
• development, publishing and porting contracts
• software, middleware and asset licences
• music composition contracts and music licences
• playtester agreements
• proprietary technology licences
• contractor and outsourcer contracts
• intercompany agreements
• NDAs
• supplier standard terms and conditions
• Game-specific:
• preparation of EULAs, Terms of Service and Privacy Policies
• preparation of legal notices such as copyright and trade mark notices for store pages
• support Publishing teams with legal due diligence
• Compliance and regulatory:
• consumer protection (in-game purchases, advertising and marketing, online safety, loot boxes etc)
• data protection
• platform requirements (e.g. Meta, PS VR2, Steam etc)
• ESG
• Intellectual Property:
• IP registrations - IP filings, registration renewals, managing nDreams' trade mark portfolio, queries on IP protection (i.e. is this mark registered in X, Y and Z countries?)
• conducting clearances on game names/logos and in-game use of names, locations, weapons, storylines, art, UI etc
• drafting and filing takedown requests
• drafting and reviewing IP assignments and licences
• conducting chain of title investigations and due diligence
• Company secretarial duties …