Head of Legal

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🇲🇹 Malta – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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iTalent PLUS

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1 - 10 employees

🎯 Recruiter

💳 Fintech

Recruitment • iGaming • Fintech

iTalent PLUS is a recruitment agency specializing in identifying and matching top talent in the iGaming industry, as well as sectors like Fintech and Software Development. They pride themselves on their deep industry expertise, efficient hiring processes, and their commitment to ensuring both client and candidate satisfaction. By acting as matchmakers, iTalent PLUS helps create lasting professional partnerships by aligning candidates' ambitions with suitable job opportunities.

📋 Description

• Own the company's legal function and act as the primary legal advisor to senior management and the wider business • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including operator, distribution, aggregation, supplier, NDA, and other B2B contracts • Support commercial teams during contract negotiations • Advise on iGaming regulatory and licensing matters across Malta and other relevant jurisdictions • Monitor regulatory and legislative developments affecting the company and its products • Manage corporate legal matters, including corporate governance, board documentation, and company-related agreements • Advise on intellectual property matters relating to games, software, brands, content, and company assets • Support data protection and privacy matters, including GDPR and contractual data protection requirements • Identify and manage legal risks and provide practical, commercially focused advice • Develop and maintain legal templates, policies, processes, and contract-management procedures • Coordinate with external legal counsel and specialist advisors • Support new market entries, partnerships, and strategic projects from a legal and regulatory perspective • Work with Compliance, Finance, Commercial, Product, and senior leadership on matters requiring legal input

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with relevant professional qualifications • Excellent level of English and Maltese languages • Ideally 5+ years of legal experience • Strong exposure to the iGaming industry • Experience with an iGaming B2B supplier, game provider, platform provider, or similar technology business highly advantageous • Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts • Good understanding of the regulatory environment applicable to B2B iGaming suppliers • Knowledge of Malta's iGaming regulatory framework and familiarity with other major regulated markets • Experience with corporate, intellectual property, data protection, and general commercial legal matters • Commercial mindset and ability to provide practical advice • Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of a legal function within a one-person department • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills • Highly organised, pragmatic, and able to manage multiple legal priorities simultaneously