Lawyer

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Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Senior level
Gaming
The Role
The Lawyer will provide comprehensive legal advice to the People Can Fly group across various jurisdictions, handling corporate matters, contracts, compliance, and legal research. The role requires strong independence and the ability to cooperate with diverse teams, ensuring legal documentation meets internal and legal standards. Candidates should possess a law degree, significant experience, and excellent communication skills in English.
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Company Description

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA games development studios with an international team of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices located in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, and from all over the world thanks to our remote work programs.

Founded in 2002, we made our mark on the shooter genre with titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. We are one of the most experienced Unreal Engine studios in the industry and we are expanding it with in-house solutions called PCF Framework.

With over 20 years of experience, PCF sets out to explore new horizons. We aim to combine our expertise with creativity of the best and most forward-thinking talents in the industry to work together on the new generation of action games for the global gaming community.

If you decide to accompany us on this journey, you’ll have a unique opportunity of a professional growth, in a exciting, multinational environment, alongside leaders in the industry on bringing a brand-new unique experience to the players worldwide.

For more information, please visit: www.peoplecanfly.com.

Job Description

We are looking for a generalist Lawyer who will be responsible for providing practical and comprehensive legal advice and research to assist our Polish based Warsaw Stock Exchange listed company as well as all other People Can Fly group members (both Polish and those located in other jurisdictions such as UK, Ireland, US and Canada) on a range of legal and business matters related to internal organization and daily functioning of the Group. We expect you to have a high level of independence and the ability to comprehensively handle various tasks, including: general corporate matters, business contracts with external suppliers and service providers (from various jurisdictions), consumer regulations, online services, administration and offices, financing (credits, loans, leasing), insurance, privacy and data processing, as well as to support other members of our Legal Team dealing with corporate & securities, intellectual property and publishing agreements or employment issues.

You should bring open mind, solid legal knowledge and a strong work ethic. You should have the ability to cooperate with team members, to work with various teams across the organization as well as to operate independently. You should like developing, think logically and, occasionally, work well under pressure. Also, you should have good written, oral communication, and organizational skills.

We need a communicative, reliable and responsible person with attention to detail, ready to work hard on various legal topics, who understand deadlines. We don't expect you to know and understand everything right away, but we do expect you to want to learn it and develop your skills soon. As typical for an in-house lawyer position, your tasks can range from large fancy projects to everyday and routine tasks, and we expect you to treat each project with the same going-forward approach.

What You’ll Do

  • Draft and review a range of legal documents (such as commercial terms and contracts, corporate documents, letters/statements in court and administrative proceedings, internal procedures and policies, ongoing correspondence etc.).
  • Manage day-to-day corporate matters for companies group members.
  • Cooperate with internal stakeholders to provide support for internal organization and daily functioning of the group, including financing, insurance; business contracts with external suppliers and service providers.
  • Analyze business and legal conditions and the associated risks.
  • Prepare legal analyses and research for the needs of ongoing projects.
  • Monitor changes in the law applicable to the Group's activities and organization.
  • Verify and ensure the compliance of legal documentation with internal policies, procedures and legal requirements.
  • Support other members of the Legal Team in their ongoing projects and tasks. Cooperate with members of other teams to identify, analyze and deliver required legal support for the organization. Participate in internal team meetings as well as meetings with external contractors, as needed.
  • Cooperate with external legal advisors (from both Polish and other jurisdictions) on entrusted matters, as needed.
  • Other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Law master’s degree and the status of the legal counsel (attorney-at-law) or advocate.
  • 7+ yrs of general corporate and business law, preferably in the international law firm or as an in-house in multi-jurisdiction organization.
  • Solid working knowledge and experience in providing legal services related to corporate laws.
  • Willingness to provide legal support for matters for internal organization and daily functioning of the group, including financing, insurance; business contracts with external suppliers and service providers.
  • Knowledge of data protection, consumer and digital services laws will be an added advantage.
  • Legal drafting skills.
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision as well as part of a multicultural team.
  • Demonstrated communication, team building, inter-personal, writing and analytical skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral).
  • Advanced English (both verbal and written).
  • Experience in the video game and technology industry as well as being a gamer yourself will be an advantage.

Additional Information

What we offer

  • Private medical healthcare including dental treatment for PCF members and their families (Signal Iduna).
  • MultiSport card for you and your family members or friends.
  • Free library with a wide range of games and books you have unlimited access to.
  • In-company Polish and English language classes.
  • Fresh fruit, snacks, and beverages for everyone in the office.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions are included in the plan for members and their dependents.
  • Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
  • Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse work culture. PCF is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

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The Company
HQ: Mazowieckie
367 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

People Can Fly is one of the best AAA game development studios in Poland and one of the leading UNREAL ENGINE studios in Europe.

People Can Fly operates in Warsaw, Rzeszów, Łódź, Newcastle, New York, Chicago and Montreal.

Established in 2002, PCF made its mark on the shooter genre. The studio is known for titles such as Bulletstorm: Full Clip (launched on April 7, 2017), Gears of War: Judgment (published in 2013) and Bulletstorm (an original, Unreal Engine 3-powered onslaught of ‘kill with skill’ gameplay and blockbuster moments published in 2011) and award-winning Painkiller (launched in 2004).

People Can Fly's new RPG shooter Outriders is available now on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now.

People Can Fly studio is working on three new Triple-A projects: Project Dagger is being developed in cooperation with one of the leading global publishers, Take-Two Interactive; Project Gemini together with Square Enix. The third project is an unrevealed game that People Can Fly intends to release in a self-publishing model.

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