Legal Assistant

About the Legal Assistant Role at Kwalee

Kwalee has been making the most fun games for the world’s players for over a decade. By joining our talented team, you’ll be part of a space where ideas flow freely, innovation flourishes, and team spirit stays strong. We’ve found that when we’re all together, great things happen. With over 1 billion players already reached, your work will contribute to our shared mission of making the most fun games for the world's players.

As Kwalee continues to grow, the Legal team is looking for a driven Legal Assistant based in our Bangalore studio, working on-site 5 days per week. The Legal Assistant will report into the Legal Counsel, with responsibility for various legal tasks including drafting, reviewing, and analyzing commercial contracts, filing takedown notices, and supporting the legal team (UK and India) with various legal matters as per the business’s needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial-stage drafting, review and analysis of a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Assisting in contract lifecycle management such as document production, arranging e-signatures, organising and filing of the documents.
• Recording information in the legal management information system (MIS) and keeping MIS up-to-date.
• Legal document and database administration, including keeping up to date information related to the business.
• Legal tools administration (such as: Pandadoc, contracts integration).
• Assisting legal team with the administration of Kwalee’s portfolio of intellectual property rights.
• Legal research, including researching legislation and case law and preparing summaries, analysis and presenting to senior company executives where appropriate.
• Other legal and non-legal research tasks including carrying out due diligence searches and industry research.
• Supporting the legal team with project work.
• Assisting with the preparation, updating, implementation and monitoring Kwalee’s internal policies.
• Potential to assist with early-stage dispute resolution management and associated administrative tasks.
• Assisting with data subject access requests (data protection).
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders to take instructions and progress legal matters.
• General administrative support to the wider legal team and other ad hoc tasks as may be required.
• Filing take down notices for clone games and proactive research on identifying clone games.

Requirements for this Role

• Bachelors Law Degree.
• Previous experience of 2+ years in a legal environment, preferably in-house within video games or the tech industry, with a working knowledge of IP.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Commercially minded with a willingness to find solutions.
• A proactive, can-do attitude with a willingness to learn and grow within a team.
• Based in our studio in Bangalore, on-site.

Compensation & Benefits

The design of our compensation and benefits revolves around a people-first philosophy. We have a supportive environment, with a strong focus on development and wellbeing. In structuring benefits across our offices, we adhere to core principles and align with local standards. Salaries are fairly benchmarked in accordance with background and skills, against industry and location standards.

Our Talent Acquisition team will share more details with you as you progress in the recruitment process. They're eager to connect with you and can't wait to have a conversation!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Key skills/competency

• Contract Drafting
• Intellectual Property (IP)
• Legal Research
• Commercial Law
• Data Protection
• Document Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Organisational Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Problem-Solving