General Counsel

Description

About Us

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Our Culture

At Moose we are playful with a purpose. Fun is at the heart of everything we do, but we're also very serious about the important stuff: our people, our values, and the planet:

We're officially a Great Place to Work

We're a family.

We dream big.

We love diversity.

We're always learning.

We prioritise well-being.

We give back in a big way.

We're serious about sustainability.

We bring the fun

Visit our website or our LinkedIn Life page for more information on our amazing brands and people.

Position Title:

General Counsel

Classification:

Exempt

Position Status:

Full Time

Reports To:

Chief Risk, Legal, and Compliance Officer

Direct Reports:

Senior Legal Counsels; Junior In-House Lawyer; Associate Counsel; Paralegal

Role Objectives:

The General Counsel is responsible for overseeing all strategic, operational and group transactions of a legal nature, including but not limited to; legal corporate governance, commercial and contract management, M&A, litigation, legal regulatory matters, risk assessment, legal compliance, privacy, intellectual property and employee relations matters as required.

This role will be focused primarily on driving commercial outcomes for the business and be an expert in building strategic partnerships with our major vendors, customers and licensing partners. A true value add to the business, the General Counsel will blend practical and commercial outcomes with risk and legal needs.

The role is a strategic partner to the Senior Leadership team. The role provides expert legal advice and manages all complex legal matters across all Moose regions and will be based in the USA.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing with the California State Bar.

• Minimum 10 years of progressive legal experience, including senior advisory or leadership roles.

• Expertise in corporate governance, strategic and transactional legal counsel, dispute resolution, compliance, contracts, risk management and budget management.

• Strong communication, analytical, and leadership skills with high integrity and sound judgment.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership

• Collaborate extensively with sales, marketing and entertainment teams and other business functions to facilitate successful customer and licensing agreements, while adeptly managing contractual risks.

• Serve as a key advisor to senior leaders across business units, delivering strategic, solutions-oriented legal counsel that aligns business goals with risk posture and drives stakeholder alignment.

Contract Advisory & Negotiations

• Provide expert advice on structuring contracts with major vendors, customers, licensing opportunities and other strategic partners, ensuring both commercial viability and risk mitigation.

• Draft, negotiate, and oversee complex commercial and joint venture agreements.

• Structure contracts to support commercial outcomes, compliance, and operational flexibility across multiple jurisdictions.

General Legal and Transaction Support

• Deliver general legal support in all relevant legal matters to Moose (whether directly or through outside counsel) including property, new/special projects, privacy, intellectual property and employment law etc.

• Partner with the relevant stakeholders to provide legal support for the full range of transaction activities, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, partnerships, minority investments, venture investments and debt financings.

Enterprise Risk, Regulatory and Compliance Leadership

• Support the Chief Risk, Legal, and Compliance Officer, offer authoritative guidance on regulatory issues, compliance matters, environmental law, intellectual property, insurance, and international trade controls, ensuring adherence to applicable laws and standards.

• Monitor evolving global regulations, sanctions, and local law developments that may impact Moose operations globally and update policies and procedures accordingly.

Dispute Resolution

• Lead efforts in litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolution processes, safeguarding the company's interests.

• Coordinate with outside counsel as appropriate.

Legal Adoption

• Enhance use of legal team as a strategic partner throughout the business by creating seamless interactions and matter resolution, including self-service support, matter/resolution tracking.

• Deliver legal training to the business as required

• Support continuous improvements of forms, policies and processes to help streamline, simplify and automate our contracting processes to provide scalable legal support to the business.

Budget Management

• Oversee the legal department's budget, including strategic management of outside counsel expenditures to ensure cost-efficiency and tight control of live matters.

People Management Responsibilities

• Regularly review resourcing requirements for the department and recruits, interviews, selects and trains new staff.

• Oversee the day-to-day workloads and performance of direct reports towards the achievement of agreed objectives, through the provision of clear direction, coaching and support.

• Work with direct reports to set individual KPIs, and conduct regular reviews in-line with the Moose Performance Management Program.

• Manage the training and professional development of team members, with an emphasis on providing timely and constructive feedback on a regular basis; and

• Champion the Moose culture to ensure direct reports deliver on The Wow.

This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the role. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Work Hours

8:30am – 5:30pm, Monday to Thursday

8:30am – 3:00pm, Friday

30-minute unpaid lunch break each day.

Plus, reasonable additional hours due to multiple time-zones.

Moose also provides flexible working options.

Salary Band

USD $335,000-$350,000

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone and other office productivity machinery, may need to reach, stoop, kneel to access items

• Must be able to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work

• Light to moderate lifting is required

• Frequently communicates with other employees and third-parties, must be able to speak clearly and exchange accurate information.

• Regular, predictable attendance is required

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones, printers and light traffic)

• Indoor business office environment with windows; light foot traffic within work areas

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All Welcome

Just like the wide range and variety of brands, Moose embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin or on the basis of disability. If you require any assistance to be included in our process, please contact , quoting the job title and reference number.

Primary Location: US-CA-Los Angeles

Job: Legal

Employee Status: Permanent

Schedule: Full-time

Unposting Date: 12/Dec/2025, 1:59:00 AM