Legal Counsel
Auckland | Hybrid | Full Time | Competitive pay & great perks
Why This Matters
At Entain, you’ll join a global sports betting, gaming and entertainment business behind well-known brands such as Ladbrokes and neds in Australia, and TAB, betcha, Trackside and Sport Nation in New Zealand. We’re an ambitious, customer-focused organisation where our talented people move fast, think boldly and create experiences that excite millions of customers.
As Legal Counsel, you’ll provide practical, commercially focused advice across a broad range of legal and regulatory matters. You’ll work closely with Marketing, Compliance, AML, Safer Betting, Corporate Services and senior leaders to help deliver products, campaigns and partnerships that are commercially effective, legally sound and aligned with customer needs.
This is an opportunity to build your in-house legal career in a fast-moving, highly regulated industry. You’ll gain broad exposure across commercial contracts, marketing, privacy, disputes, consumer law and regulatory matters, while working alongside an experienced and supportive Legal team.
Your advice will have a direct impact on how we operate, how we support our customers and how we help shape some of New Zealand’s best-known sports and entertainment brands.
Your Impact
In this role, you’ll provide practical legal advice across the business, working closely with stakeholders to help deliver compliant, commercially effective products, campaigns and partnerships.
- Provide practical legal advice across commercial, contract, corporate, consumer, competition, privacy, intellectual property, employment, safer betting and anti-money laundering matters.
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, including goods and services, advertising, media, sponsorship and licensing agreements.
- Review marketing campaigns and new product proposals, identifying legal and regulatory risks and recommending practical, commercially focused solutions.
- Support complaints, disputes and regulatory matters while maintaining terms and conditions, TAB Betting Rules, internal policies and other legal documents.
What You’ll Bring
- At least one year’s post-admission commercial legal experience in private practice or in-house, with two to four years preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong critical thinking and sound judgement, including risk identification and practical problem-solving.
- Diligent, organised and collaborative, with strong prioritisation skills in a fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have
These are a bonus, so if you don’t have them all, we’d still like to hear from you.
- Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including advertising, media, sponsorship or licensing agreements
- Marketing and advertising review, including promotional campaigns and consumer-facing content
- Advising regulated industries, with experience in privacy, compliance or regulatory matters
- Experience in TMT, intellectual property, employment law, dispute resolution, or in drafting rules, terms and conditions or policies
What You'll Gain
You’ll join a connected, high-energy environment where sport, entertainment, collaboration and momentum are part of the everyday.
- Benefits: Personal days off, wellbeing initiatives and retailer discounts
- Flexibility: Hybrid working, with Tuesday and Wednesday as your regular office days
- Exposure: Work across commercial legal advice, contracts, marketing, regulation, compliance, privacy, disputes and product development
- Growth: Build your in-house legal capability while developing a practical understanding of the wagering, sports and entertainment industries
- People: Join a supportive Legal team that values collaboration, clear communication, sound judgement and a friendly approach
- Perks: Free breakfast and snacks, sports on TVs, a pool table and a modern office designed for connection and collaboration
It’s a place to build your skills, connect with great people, and grow your potential through the energy, impact, and opportunity that make Entain different.
There’s nothing like it.
Your Next Move
Apply now or contact [email protected] if you’d like more information.
Once you’ve applied, our Talent team will review your application and keep you updated. If your application progresses, next steps may include a Talent team conversation and hiring team interview, giving us the chance to get to know each other, talk through the role, and answer your questions.
We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.
Due to the wagering aspect of our industry, applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply.
Skills Required
- At least one year of post-admission commercial legal experience in private practice or in-house
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels
- Strong critical thinking and sound judgment
- Risk identification and practical problem-solving skills
- Diligent, organized and collaborative approach
- Strong prioritization skills in a fast-paced environment
- Two to four years of post-admission commercial legal experience
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, including advertising, media, sponsorship or licensing agreements
- Marketing and advertising review experience, including promotional campaigns and consumer-facing content
- Experience advising regulated industries
- Experience in privacy, compliance or regulatory matters
- Experience in TMT, intellectual property, employment law or dispute resolution
- Experience drafting rules, terms and conditions or policies
Entain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Entain and has not been reviewed or approved by Entain.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Feedback suggests performance-linked bonuses and variable pay are a core component, with annual increases and bonus opportunities visible across roles. Company policies outline annual bonuses and long-term incentives tied to KPIs and individual goals.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests access to private medical or HMO coverage, dental care, health screening, and life insurance in several locations. Everyday provisions like healthcare support are repeatedly highlighted alongside core pay.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests the package includes structured wellbeing programs and extra paid days such as Entain & Enhance days and an “It’s Your Game” day. Everyday perks like free meals, snacks, and coffee add lifestyle value in some sites.
Entain Insights
What We Do
Welcome to Entain. Our journey as Entain began when we evolved from GVC Holdings on 9th December 2020, but our brands have been paving the way and making history since the 1880s. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups – a FTSE 100 company that is home to more than 25 widely recognised brands, such as bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. But that’s just the beginning. We’re constantly broadening our horizons and expanding our global influence. For example, our partnership with MGM Resorts International has allowed us to make waves in the US by powering BetMGM with our bespoke and top-of-the-line technology. It’s with this unique technology that we’re revolutionising our industry, and we’re boldly working towards being THE world leader in sports betting, gaming and interactive entertainment. Really though, it’s the people that truly make us who we are. There’s over 24,000 of us around the world and counting, but we all play for the same team. We’re proud to promote a culture that shatters barriers to unite, and encourages uncompromised diversity of background, thought and experience. When we win, we win together. If you share our values and want to be part of the revolution, we want you on our team. With offices across 19 different countries, we have an excellent history of identifying and nurturing the finest talent on a global scale. We’re all about putting our customers at the heart of the action and, with us, you can help bring moments of excitement into people’s lives. At Entain, it’s your game. We’re ready to play – are you?
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