Legal Counsel

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

Job Description

Make the team that changes the way the world experiences sport.

The legal team is an internal service provider that supports Sportradar's fast growth by ensuring a solid and secure foundation.  It includes several divisions to ensure integrity and trust are met and exceeded, including Corporate & Employment Law, Privacy, Litigation, Content Operations, Compliance & Risk, Commercial Sales Legal and Sports Partnership Legal.

We are looking for a talented Legal Counsel to serve Sportradar’s Compliance & Risk division, with Intellectual Property (IP) Protection experience. The candidate will provide legal support on addressing and resolving IP infringements, case management, dispute resolution as well as substantial jurisdiction analysis (global) and engagement with various external bodies including sports rights holders, law enforcement and regulators.

The Legal Counsel, IP Protection will be working closely with and as part of an experienced and international legal team as well as Sportradar’s energetic Rights & Revenue Protection team. This role, whilst based in Seville, Spain will require relatively frequent travel across various regional hubs for internal and external meetings.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Drafting, negotiating, administering and supervising through to resolution, evidence capture, legal letters and dispute resolution for instances of identified IP infringement
• Elaborate, research and provide legal opinions, particularly relating to IP law and the regulatory framework related to the same
• Providing general legal advice to operational/commercial/engineering teams of Sportradar
• Administrative and other project tasks within the areas of enforcement approaches, understanding and deploying detection technologies, tracking regulatory authorities by market and more
• Constant coordination with other internal stakeholders/corporate units (commercial, product, content operations, sports rights partnerships etc…) as well as external engagement

YOUR PROFILE:

• IP Protection lawyer with 3+ years of relevant corporate experience (preferred) or in a law firm
• Demonstrated knowledge of IP law and expertise in copyright law
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; fluency in Spanish and any other language is beneficial, but not required
• Flexible to adapt to changing priorities and able to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to identify and adapt to country-specific regulatory frameworks
• A strong understanding of the sports and, ideally, the sports betting, ecosystem including the political, legislative and economic landscape.
• An understanding in relation to data and audio-visual content and how such content is both commercialised and pirated would be desirable
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to work autonomously using sound judgment to make difficult business decisions when necessary
• Strong relationship management and collaboration skills
• Positive attitude; diplomacy and approachability

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team.

Additional Information

At Sportradar, we celebrate our diverse group of hardworking employees. Sportradar is committed to ensuring equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment opportunities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet most of the requirements (but not 100% of the listed criteria) – we believe skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and grow with us, we invite you to join our team!