Senior Legal Counsel

About the role

Thorough legal examination unblocks agreements and protects market entry timelines. Sound judgment, accuracy, and confidentiality guide every deliverable from the unit. You will own the end to end legal support for a portfolio of high growth digital products, ensuring that risk is understood and managed without slowing momentum. You will translate complex regulatory expectations into clear requirements for commercial and product teams. Every contract you touch will be shaped by your analysis to protect the business and preserve deal velocity. You will act as a trusted advisor to executives, product owners, and operators on the full range of legal topics that define iGaming. Your work will directly influence whether launches proceed on schedule or are paused to address legal exposure. You will build and maintain the legal infrastructure that allows the business to scale across multiple regulated markets.

Key facts

What you'll do

Draft, negotiate, and finalize complex commercial and service agreements so that transactions can advance toward execution with clearly defined risk allocations. Interpret and apply multi jurisdictional legal frameworks to deliver practical, business focused solutions that balance compliance with commercial opportunity. Strengthen stakeholder communication to support deal progression and keep launches on schedule while protecting the company from undue liability. Lead the review of high risk contracts and flag issues early, ensuring that legal risks are visible, documented, and managed. Partner with compliance and commercial teams to interpret regulatory obligations and translate them into operational controls and contract terms. Own the maintenance of legal documents, clause libraries, and contract playbooks to ensure consistency, accuracy, and audit readiness across jurisdictions. Monitor evolving regulatory developments and translate them into actionable guidance for product, marketing, and operations teams. Act as the primary point of contact for external advisors and counterparties on legal questions, driving timely responses and minimizing disruption to the business.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required, and you must An LLB / LLM (or equivalent) is mandatory for the role. Candidates must hold 3+ years PQE, including 2+ years in iGaming, to handle sector specific regulatory demands. You must be able to operate effectively within multi jurisdictional legal frameworks and deliver practical, business focused solutions. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, given the need to advise non legal stakeholders and draft precise contractual language. Experience with iGaming sector regulations, licensing, and compliance obligations is required to assess risk accurately and efficiently. You must demonstrate sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential information and high stakes commercial discussions. The ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail is non negotiable for this position.

Nice to have

Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements in regulated environments, including services, commercial agency, and partnership arrangements. Familiarity with iGaming compliance frameworks, responsible gaming requirements, and anti money laundering obligations. Knowledge of data protection and privacy regulations relevant to gaming operations, including cross border data transfers. Exposure to payment processing, merchant agreements, and fraud prevention related contract terms. Understanding of market specific licensing and regulatory reporting obligations in key European jurisdictions. Experience working with internal audit, risk, and internal controls processes related to legal and compliance functions.

Practical notes

Typical interview steps

Legal interviews usually include a contract review exercise, a compliance scenario, and behavioral rounds. Candidates may be asked to flag issues in a sample agreement or explain a regulatory question. Past experience with specific practice areas carries the most weight. Interviewers often present a sample contract and ask what you would flag. Working through it out loud, risk by risk, is the strongest approach.

Good to know

Questions to ask

Useful questions for the interview: what a typical week looks like, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback works. Asking how the role has changed recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining is also reasonable. Questions about the manager's priorities are especially valued.

Career growth

Legal careers grow from associate to senior counsel, general counsel, and chief legal officer roles. Compliance specialists can move into risk or governance leadership. Specialization by practice area, from employment law to corporate transactions, is common. Legal careers reward precision and commercial awareness. In house roles value speed and judgment over exhaustive analysis.