Senior Legal Counsel, Cloud Imperium
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Office located in Bee Cave, TX
Independent game developer
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Independent game developer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
Office located in Bee Cave, TX
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create new depths of immersive storytelling with its gaming experiences.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will work closely with the General Counsel, the wider Legal team and business stakeholders across multiple regions
- Qualified lawyer in a North American jurisdiction, preferably Texas, with strong post-qualification experience gained in-house and/or in private practice
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements, including confidence supporting high-value or strategically important matters
- Excellent commercial judgement and the ability to balance legal risk with business objectives in a fast-moving environment
- Experience supporting cross-functional stakeholders and building trusted relationships with senior leaders
- Ability to operate autonomously, prioritise effectively and manage a broad and varied workload
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach
- Experience managing external counsel effectively and proportionately
- Comfortable making sound, well-reasoned decisions in a dynamic environment where issues are not always neatly defined
- Broader experience across dispute resolution, employment, compliance, corporate governance, entity management or consumer-facing matters would be advantageous
- Experience in the video games industry would be highly advantageous; experience in adjacent entertainment or technology sectors would also be valuable
- Familiarity with Canadian legal issues and/or professional working proficiency in French would be advantageous
What the job involves
- The Legal team supports CIG’s global operations by providing practical, commercially focused advice across a wide range of legal areas
- Working closely with colleagues across the business, the team helps enable effective decision-making, supports business growth and manages legal risk in a fast-moving environment
- This role will focus primarily on commercial contracting and legal support across North America, while contributing to broader global legal matters as part of CIG’s Legal team
- Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including technology, licensing, services, vendor, marketing and strategic arrangements
- Provide commercially focused legal advice to stakeholders across the business, helping teams structure and progress matters efficiently while managing legal risk
- Support business initiatives across North America, including product, marketing, technology, operational and regulatory matters
- Help develop and improve legal templates, processes and guidance to support consistency and efficiency across the business
- Support the General Counsel and wider Legal team on complex, high-value or strategically significant matters
- Work with colleagues across the UK, Europe and North America on cross-regional legal and business projects
- Support employment, dispute resolution, compliance, corporate governance and entity management matters as required
- Coordinate with external counsel where appropriate, ensuring advice is practical, proportionate and aligned with business objectives
- Support the Legal team on other matters arising across a broad and varied in-house legal function
Our take
Cloud Imperium Games is an independent game company that specializes in immersive storytelling. It is currently developing a highly anticipated PC space simulation game, Star Citizen, initially funded by a crowdfunding campaign, as well as Squadron 42, a cinematic single-player sidekick to Star Citizen staring the likes of Mark Hamill and Gillian Anderson.
Originally announced in 2012 and 2014, neither title has received an official release date. The appeal for backers, who have contributed over $500 million to the crowdfunding campaign, is that the games exist outside the norms of modern game development, and that the company seems to have stuck to its initial plans and trajectory rather than adapting towards an earlier release.
The company announced plans to increase operations and headcount across the years from 2022 to 2027, which could suggest a release date at the end of this 5-year plan. The fans remain engaged for now, but the company runs the risk of frustrating and alienating their donators and target audience the longer they have to wait. And bad press surrounding management at the company is unlikely to help.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2020
$17.3m
LATE VC
Dec 2018
$46m
LATE VC
Total funding: $181.3m
Company benefits
- Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (100% free for employee level coverage and subsidized for dependents)
- Employer funded tax-free Health Reimbursement Arrangement for qualified medical expenses up to $5,000 per employee and $15,000 per family
- Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
- Paid Short and Long Term Disability Leave
- Life Insurance & AD&D coverage
- 401(k) Plan with up to 4% company match
- Pet Insurance
- Discounted Gym Membership through CIGNA
- Yearly Flu-shot Clinic
- Employee Resource Groups for traditionally underrepresented groups, minorities and allies
Company HQ
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Chris Roberts
(Chairman & CEO)Worked for a combined 22 years as VP of New Technology at EA and CEO of Digital Anvil and Ascendant Pictures. They also spent 3 years as CCO of Bl!nk.
Ortwin Freyermuth
(Vice Chairman & Co-founder)Previoulsy CEO at Capella Films and Rising Star Pictures, as well as Board member at Turbulent and Principal Attorney at Freyermuth & Associates.
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