Legal Counsel
Xsolla is a video game commerce company that provides a suite of tools and services—including merchant of record payment processing, tax management, fraud prevention, compliance, refunds, dispute management, and end-user support—to help game developers and publishers launch, grow, and monetize their games globally. It serves video game developers, publishers, and studios of all sizes across global and regional markets.
About Xsolla
Xsolla connects the tools, systems, payments, and web shops used by the video games industry, positioning itself as a global merchant of record supporting over 1,000 payment methods and a cumulative audience of 50 million, with transaction fees around 5%. Its services include tax management, fraud monitoring and prevention, global and regional regulatory compliance, refund and dispute management, and end-user payment support. Xsolla's product lineup includes the Xsolla SDK for native in-app payments on side-loaded apps and alternative app stores, a Buy Button enabling link-out purchases from iOS mobile games in the U.S., and Web Shop for building customized, direct-to-consumer game storefronts. The company works with major gaming industry partners and clients such as Mytona, Ubisoft, MARVEL SNAP, and others, and highlights partner success stories, industry events, and its own culture and hiring initiatives on its site.
Skills
About the Role
You'll join Xsolla as an experienced lawyer, creating legal documents for new business strategies and applying legal techniques related to implementing new business ideas. You will advise the business on the legal issues and implications of potential business decisions, initiatives, and payment strategies, providing strategic legal solutions for general business and legal matters. You'll stay current on laws and regulations around payment services and digital innovation, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFTs, and decentralized finance. You'll identify, summarize, and analyze the impact of new and proposed rules and regulations on business decisions and current strategies. You'll draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other documentation supporting new business ideas, and work closely with business and technology teams to help them develop compelling product and service offerings. You'll manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and provide other legal services and advice to the company as needed.
Requirements
- English language (for non-US candidates) (Advanced/C1 or higher)
- Minimum 5 years legal experience
- Comfortable working with modern collaboration tools including Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence), Slack, Figma, and similar platforms; able to adapt quickly to new tools as needed
- Knowledge of general corporate law, financial services law and regulation (incl. e-money institution (EMI) and payment institution (PI) licensing, PSD2, AMLD/AML-CFT regulations, and GDPR)
- Excellent legal research, oral and written communication skills
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively, spot issues, prioritize, and multi-task effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Interest in decentralized finance (DeFi), cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, including familiarity with MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) and an eagerness to learn more about the industry
Responsibilities
- Consult business on the legal issues and implications of potential business decisions, initiatives and payment strategies, providing legal advice strategies and solutions for general business and legal issues
- Maintain current knowledge on laws and regulations around payment services and digital innovation such as cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFT and decentralized finance (DeFi), including PSD2, EMI/PI licensing, AMLD/AML-CFT, MiCA, and other applicable national regimes
- Identify, summarize, and analyze the impact of new and proposed applicable rules and regulations to business decisions and current strategies
- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other documentation for new business ideas
- Work closely with business and technology teams to understand and achieve key business objectives and help them develop compelling product and service offerings
- Manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
- Provide other legal services and advice to the company as needed
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off
- Statutory pension contribution
- Personalized career roadmap