General Counsel, Head of Legal; Europe, Remote

General Counsel, Head of Legal (Europe, Remote)

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Devoted Studios is a US‑based game development company specializing in co‑development, porting, and end‑to‑end art production for the global gaming industry. With a distributed team of over 1,900 skilled professionals, we collaborate across time zones to support projects on all major platforms, engines and styles—from AAA titles to emerging technologies.

Our team includes world‑class talents who bring deep expertise in external development, pipeline optimisation, and creative problem‑solving. We are proud to be the development partner of choice for industry leaders such as 2K, Xbox, Meta, Obsidian Entertainment, Turtle Rock Studios, and Gearbox Software.

We are seeking a head of legal for our medium‑sized global corporation, poised for rapid international growth. The successful candidate will oversee a broad range of operational and strategic legal responsibilities, with an emphasis on international expansion, legal research, and the robust design of internal legal processes.

100 % remote in Europe.

Fluency in Ukrainian or Russian, with excellent written and verbal communication in English.

• Global structuring and design of the corporate legal structure, including creation of subsidiaries and sub‑holdings, and documentation of the tax strategy.
• Co‑develop with the CFO a global tax strategy and target legal structure.
• Maintain a comprehensive legal and tax compliance calendar covering all jurisdictions.
• Monitor country‑by‑country compliance with statutory legal, financial and tax reporting deadlines.
• Support the accounting department and external auditors; manage US, Canada, Estonia tax reporting including CFC and GILTI matters.
• Co‑manage and implement the company‑wide tax strategy and legal structure, including profit shifting and allocation of economic functions.
• Ensure intra‑group contracts and primary documentation are audit‑ready and complete.
• Manage preparation of transfer‑pricing documentation and external financial audits.
• Provide tax guidance to the internal accounting team and Financial Controller across all entities.
• Manage external tax and payroll vendors worldwide, ensuring timely filing of returns and payments.
• Conduct legal and tax research as warranted by business needs.
• Monitor legislative and tax changes in the USA, Canada, and the EU; advise the CFO on required actions.
• Manage preparation and submission of personal income tax return for the U.S. shareholder (UBO).
• Conduct quarterly internal legal audits and develop risk mitigation strategies.
• Co‑design customer risk assessment procedures and approve credit terms.
• Own the design of legal processes and workflows in JIRA, and simplify contract forms for low‑value sales.
• Review and update standard templates for customer, vendor and contractor agreements; implement a matrix of acceptable terms.
• Find and contract new service providers for legal, tax and audit services.
• Manage registration of new legal entities, bank accounts, and equity documentation.
• Process KYC/AML requests from financial institutions.
• Prepare intra‑company and financing agreements as requested.
• Structure strategic transactions with the CFO; recommend optimal deal types and lead legal work‑stream for buy‑side and sell‑side deals.
• Draft and negotiate core transaction documents and coordinate signing checklists.
• Advise on corporate‑finance instruments and negotiate equity raises, debt facilities and warrants.
• Lead negotiations with counterpart counsels.
• Co‑lead legal reviews of customer contracts and negotiate complex provisions such as indemnities, IP ownership, data protection, export control, and governing‑law clauses.
• Act as lead negotiator to resolve disputes and negotiate out‑of‑court settlements.

• English fluency is required.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organisational skills.
• Master's degree in law.
• Minimum of 10 years of high‑quality experience in corporate law, preferably focusing on international tax law, corporate finance and compliance, with at least 3 years of management experience at…