Lawyer

3 Hours ago • 4 Years + • Legal

About the job

Summary

People Can Fly seeks an Intellectual Property & Generalist Lawyer to provide legal advice across the company. Responsibilities include drafting and reviewing legal documents (contracts, agreements, policies), analyzing legal risks, ensuring compliance, conducting legal research, supporting other legal team members, and collaborating with various teams. The role requires strong legal knowledge, drafting skills, and excellent communication. Experience in intellectual property, corporate, and business law is essential, with a preference for experience in international law firms or in-house roles within the video game or technology industries.
Must have:
  • Law degree and attorney-at-law trainee status
  • 4+ years IP, corporate, and business law experience
  • Copyright and IP knowledge
  • Civil and corporate law knowledge
  • Legal drafting skills
  • Advanced English (written and verbal)
Good to have:
  • Video game/technology industry experience
  • Gaming experience
Perks:
  • Private medical healthcare
  • MultiSport card
  • Free library
  • Language classes
  • Snacks and beverages
  • Flexible working hours
  • Virtual health and wellbeing sessions
  • Personal development opportunities
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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.

Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles: Gemini is our new project being developed with Square Enix; Maverick is a Triple-A game developed in collaboration with Microsoft Corporation; Bifrost & Victoria are projects we're growing in the self-publishing model. We are also busy working on a VR and undisclosed projects, more information on those to come later.

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 chance to perfect your craft and expand your knowledge, working 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 an intellectual property & generalist Lawyer who will assist and support other members of the Legal Team (specifically our Intellectual Property group), in providing practical and comprehensive advice to 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, including: copyright advice, marketing advice, software compliance advice and IT contracts review, as well as general contract advice, corporate matters, administration and offices, privacy and data processing.

Depending on the matters’ complexity, you will work independently or under the supervision of more senior members of our Legal Team and you will ultimately report to the IP Counsel.

You should bring open mind, solid basic 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 learning and 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. 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, mostly from the intellectual property and IT area, such as commercial terms and contracts, creative services, licensing and talent agreements, internal procedures and policies, ongoing correspondence etc., in more complex matters under the supervision of more senior team members.
  • Analyze business and legal conditions and the associated risks.
  • Verify the compliance of legal documentation with applicable laws, as well as internal policies, procedures and templates.
  • Prepare research on selected issues related to the gamedev industry and its participants. Prepare legal analyses and research for the needs of ongoing projects.
  • Support other members of the Legal Team in connection with 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.
  • Other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Law master degree and the status of the attorney-at-law trainee at least.
  • 4+ yrs of intellectual property, general corporate and business law (preferably in the international law firm or in-house).
  • Working knowledge of copyright and intellectual property issues.
  • Working knowledge of civil and corporate laws.
  • Legal drafting skills.
  • 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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About The Company

People Can Fly is a global video game development company operating in Poland, the UK and North America.


We are one of the leading Unreal Engine studios in the industry.


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 currently working on several exciting titles: Gemini is our new project being developed with Square Enix; Bifrost, Victoria and Dagger are projects we're growing in the self-publishing model. We also have one project in the concept phase – Red; as well as two projects in VR technology – Green Hell VR and Thunder - a new project based on one of the IPs from the Group’s portfolio.


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