Legal Counsel – Commercial Contracts

Job description

ScorePlay is the AI-powered media infrastructure for sports, built to automate the content operations behind the world's biggest sports organizations. We work with **300+ leagues, competitions, teams and broadcasters** – including Ligue 1 and Premier League clubs, NBA and NFL teams, the Tour de France, the Australian Open, and leading bodies like UEFA and FIBA – helping them turn every moment on and off the field **into high-value, structured content**. Our platform brings all their media into one place and makes it effortless to find, edit and share in seconds. **Founded in 2021**, we’re a **50-person** team based between **New York** and **Paris**, growing **2x year over year** with 98% retention. We’ve raised **$20M+** from top investors including Alexis Ohanian and Harry Stebbing’s 20VC and elite athletes like Kevin Durant, Raphaël Varane, Mario Götze, Nico Rosberg and Giannis Antetokounmpo. If you’re **passionate about sports** and thrive in **fast-paced environments** - and you want to help shape how the next generation of fans experience sports, you’re in the right place. We’re on track to become the **global leader in sports media**, and this is definitely the **best time to join our adventure**. **Location**: Hybrid from Paris or full remote ## Role Overview ScorePlay signs deals with some of the biggest organizations in sports, and every one of them starts with a contract. We are hiring a Commercial Contracts Counsel to own that: redlines, negotiations, signatures, the whole thing. You work directly with [Lou](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lou-bonvarlet/), our General Counsel, and are the first point of contact for Sales on contracts. ## What you will do **1. Contracts** - You review, redline and negotiate the agreements that close our deals: MSAs, service agreements, order forms, SOWs, NDAs and DPAs, with clubs, leagues, federations, broadcasters and brands, often across several countries. - Sales comes to you when a deal is stuck on terms, and your job is to unstick it: fast turnaround, pragmatic fallbacks, and the judgement to know when a point is worth holding. - You partner with Sales, Finance, RevOps and Customer Success so contract terms match how the deal is actually priced, booked and delivered. - You take a share of vendor and partner agreements alongside Lou, split based on what is moving and where you want to build depth. **2. Tools, processes and enablement** - We use AI heavily in contract work: drafting, first-pass reviews, summarizing counterparty terms. We want someone who genuinely enjoys this and keeps looking for a smarter way to handle the repetitive part. - Our legal playbook is young. You execute it, then you help Lou refine it with what you see in real negotiations. **3. Privacy and security** - You contribute to customer security, privacy and vendor due-diligence questionnaires, and to DPA and international transfer questions. The heart of the role is contracts, with room to grow into broader compliance work if that interests you. ## What we are looking for - **You know commercial contracts inside out.** 3 to 5 years of experience, most of it in-house, with contracts at the core of what you did. - **You work autonomously.** Give you an MSA or a set of customer redlines and you come back with a position, a fallback and a recommendation. - **You ship fast.** A solid answer today beats a perfect one on Friday, and you're comfortable making the call at 80% certainty. - **You're resourceful.** When something is unclear, you dig, you ask, you find a way, rather than waiting for perfect instructions. - **You like helping people win.** Supporting a Sales team means being responsive, available, and genuinely happy when a deal signs because of your work. - **You're excited by AI.** You already use it in your legal work, or you can't wait to, and you keep looking for smarter ways to handle the repetitive parts. ## What’s fun about this role - You negotiate international contracts with some of the biggest names in sports: clubs, leagues, federations and broadcasters on every continent. - As our first commercial counsel, you own your function and you're the main partner of the Sales team on both sides of the Atlantic. - You sit in sales calls with senior stakeholders at major sports organizations, on deals worth USD 50k to 500k a year. When a deal closes, you're usually one of the key players who made it work. - Small team, short loops. You'll have the opportunity to bring ideas to the table, build playbooks, experiment with AI and new tools, and learn a ton along the way. *We know many people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every single requirement on a job description. If you’re interested in ScorePlay but not sure you tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you, this could be the start of a great long-term collaboration.*