Senior Legal Counsel (Employment Law)

Location: Ukraine; remote

Company

Room 8 Group is an independent end-to-end strategic partner in external game development, providing creative and technical expertise across game development, technology, art, trailers, and QA for AAA and AA games.

What you will do

• Advise People Operations on employment law matters across Cyprus, Poland, the UK, and Spain, including contracts, terminations, and workforce model structuring.
• Draft, review, and negotiate client agreements, MSAs, SOWs, licensing deals, vendor contracts, NDAs, and other commercial agreements.
• Partner with Business Development, Client Services, HR, Finance, and Operations on commercially grounded legal advice.
• Maintain and improve the contract management system, standard templates, and clause libraries.
• Support M&A due diligence, corporate transactions, and strategic legal initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience in commercial law.
• At least 2 years of in-house experience in a technology, IT services, media, or gaming company.
• Hands-on experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating B2B commercial agreements end-to-end.
• Experience working across multiple legal jurisdictions and adapting to unfamiliar legal systems.
• Commercial mindset and ability to explain complex legal issues clearly to business stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in the games and technology industry.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of employment law, including hiring, terminations, contractor arrangements, and employee relations.
• Experience supporting international employment matters across multiple jurisdictions and working with local counsel.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote cooperation from Ukraine.
• International environment spanning Europe, North America, and South America.
• Work with legal matters supporting a large-scale external game development business.
• Direct reporting to the VP of Legal.