Legal Counsel – White Label, iGaming, and Sports

The Counsel – White Label, iGaming, and Sports is responsible for assisting with providing legal support to all aspects of the White Label, iGaming, and Sports businesses, including but not limited to working on commercial transactions.

The successful individual will provide best-in-class legal services efficiently, timely, and in a cost-effective manner by anticipating, addressing, and creatively resolving legal issues and providing counsel in a manner that optimizes business results.

The position is based in Malta.

What You'll Do
Business Unit Support:

• Serve as a legal partner for the White Label business as directed by the Senior Counsel – White Label
• Serve as a legal partner for the iGaming and Sports business as directed by the Assistant General Counsel – iGaming & Sports
• Provide accurate and timely legal services to business partners, including analyzing, researching, reviewing, interpretation, dispute resolution, drafting, and negotiating
• Assist with the assessment of proposed transactions and the development of deal structures to minimize legal and business risks
• Interpret and advise applicable business units concerning relevant laws and regulations
• Promote seamless teamwork and become an essential partner to the business by aiding in their goals and objectives, making internal customer experience a competitive advantage.

General Support:

• Work on special projects where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Work closely with other departments, including Compliance, Finance, and People & Culture, to address legal issues and support company objectives
• Provide support for general commercial matters and additional gaming matters as assigned
• Analyze legal issues impacting the business, evaluate options and assist on mitigating actions
• Support and role model the Legal Team’s strategy
• Deliver timely and solution-focused legal services
• Operate as a sustainability champion by providing advice and counsel to our business clients and ensuring that all initiatives meet legal requirements and advance our reputation
• Work with external counsel resources
• Champion a commitment to honesty, integrity, and responsible corporate behavior by fostering a compliance culture within the organization where employees feel comfortable reporting potential violations or misconduct
• Consistently demonstrate a commitment to the values of the Legal Team
• Consistently demonstrate a commitment to developing the core competencies of leading self, leading others, leading the business, leading the management of risk & compliance, and leading for the future
• Maintain organized records of legal documents, correspondence, and filings
• Provide administrative and legal support to the Aristocrat Interactive legal team
• Assist in litigation matters, including the management of player claims.

What We're Looking For

• A Master of Advocacy
• Malta Warrant to practice law or other evidence of good standing
• 2 years minimum experience as a commercial attorney either with a law firm, corporation, or both
• Basic understanding of iGaming regulations and compliance requirements
• Ability to work autonomously as well as cross-functionally with other teams and to influence and build effective working relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities, simultaneously drive numerous projects, identify and resolve business issues, and earn the confidence of executive business partners
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, drafting and negotiation skills
• Exceptional business judgment and analytical skills
• Experience handling commercial contracts and software license and services agreements
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, metric-driven environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business.

Travel Expectations
None

Company Summary
Aristocrat Interactive   

Aristocrat Interactive is Aristocrat Leisure Limited’s (ASX: ALL) regulated online Real Money Gaming (RMG) business and was formed in 2024 when the Anaxi and NeoGames businesses (Anaxi, NeoGames, Aspire Global, BtoBet, and Pariplay) came together.  The business is an industry leader in content and technology solutions for online RMG, with a full-service offering that includes content, proprietary technology platforms, and a range of value-added services across iLottery, iGaming and Online Sports Betting (OSB). 

About Aristocrat
Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leading gaming content creation company powered by technology to deliver industry-leading casino games together with mobile games and online real money games, collectively entertaining millions of players worldwide every day. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Aristocrat has three operating business units, spanning regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), mobile games publishing (Pixel United) and regulated online real money (Aristocrat Interactive). Our team of over 8,500 people across the globe are united by our company mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

Our Values

• All About the Player
• Talent Unleashed
• Collective Brilliance
• Good Business Good Citizen

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.