Legal Counsel

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Irvine, CA, USA
In-Office
81K-135K Annually
Mid level
Gaming • Hardware
The Role
Provides legal support to Razer’s Irvine business by drafting and negotiating complex commercial transactions, advising on privacy, security, compliance, intellectual property, and disputes, and partnering with business teams. The role also develops legal processes and policies, delivers training, and supports AI integration into workflows. Candidates need at least four years of combined law firm and in-house technology or consumer electronics experience, strong commercial law and negotiation skills, and a U.S. J.D.
Summary Generated by Built In

Joining Razer will place you on a global mission to revolutionize the way the world games. Razer is a place to do great work, offering you the opportunity to make an impact globally while working across a global team located across 5 continents. Razer is also a great place to work, providing you the unique, gamer-centric #LifeAtRazer experience that will put you in an accelerated growth, both personally and professionally.

Job Responsibilities :

As Legal Counsel, you will provide practical, business-oriented legal support to Razer’s global business and long-term objectives, in line with the parent company’s legal strategy. This is a general corporate counsel role with a strong commercial contracting focus, while also supporting intellectual property, brand protection, IP transactional, technology, regulatory, and dispute-related matters. The role requires sound legal judgment, commercial pragmatism, and the ability to work closely with product, sales, marketing, customer advocacy, human resources, finance, and regional teams.


Essential duties and responsibilities:


  • Draft, review, negotiate, and close a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer, vendor, distributor, services, technology, software, marketing, licensing, and strategic partnership agreements.
  • Provide practical day-to-day legal advice to product, sales, marketing, customer advocacy, human resources, finance, and regional business teams on commercial, corporate, regulatory, technology, and operational matters.
  • Support intellectual property and brand protection matters, including brand usage, trademark and copyright issues, marketing clearance, trademark protection and prosecution, infringement reviews, enforcement strategy, and coordination with external counsel where needed.
  • Support IP-related transactions and commercial arrangements, including license agreements, collaboration agreements, sponsorships, co-marketing arrangements, content-related agreements, and technology transactions.
  • Assist with commercial, IP, brand protection, and technology-related disputes, including pre-litigation strategy, claims assessment, settlement support, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsel.
  • Create, improve, and implement scalable legal processes, policies, playbooks, templates, and training materials to support efficient legal service delivery across the business.
  • Provide training on contract management, brand usage, marketing practices, data privacy, AI-enabled workflows, and practical risk management.
  • Stay current on legal developments affecting consumer technology, gaming, digital content, AI-enabled tools, privacy, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and brand protection.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Pre-Requisites :

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • 4+ years of post-qualification experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department, preferably supporting technology, consumer electronics, gaming, digital content, or other fast-moving commercial businesses.
  • Strong commercial contracting experience is required, with the ability to advise on a broad range of corporate, commercial, regulatory, technology, and operational legal matters.
  • Experience with intellectual property, brand protection, licensing, content, software, marketing, or technology transactions is strongly preferred.
  • Litigation, dispute resolution, or pre-litigation claims management experience is useful, particularly in commercial, technology, IP, or brand protection matters.
  • Strong negotiation, drafting, analytical, and risk-assessment skills, with the ability to balance legal risk, business objectives, and operational speed.
  • Ability to provide clear, practical, and commercially minded legal advice to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and manage multiple matters independently in a fast-paced, global business environment.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows, digital content platforms, software products, and emerging technology issues is preferred.

Education/Experience:

J.D. degree from an accredited United States law school.


Certificate and licenses:

Membership in one of the US State Bars required.


Salary Ranges:

$81,115.00 - $135,192.00 (per annum)

Disclaimer: Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Razer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, better products, and a stronger culture. We are committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and fair workplace for every employee across all the countries we operate in. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under local laws. Where needed, we provide reasonable accommodations - including for disability or religious practices - to ensure every team member can perform and contribute at their best.

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Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience combining law firm and in-house work, including in-house experience at a technology or consumer electronics company
  • Strong background in contract and commercial law
  • Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all organizational levels
  • Strong negotiation skills, including negotiation of legal and financial or commercial issues
  • Ability to establish and maintain relationships across business units
  • Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
  • J.D. degree from an accredited United States law school
  • Exposure to consumer technology business
  • Familiarity with basic AI integration into work product
  • Experience handling litigation or intellectual property matters

Razer Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Razer and has not been reviewed or approved by Razer.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage options include medical plan choices, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, and mental health/EAP, indicating solid core coverage. Global leave and healthcare frameworks are described, reinforcing consistency across locations.
  • Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching and immediate vesting in some cases supports long‑term savings. This adds tangible value to the core total rewards package.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Free in‑office lunches on several weekdays and notable employee discounts on company gear enhance day‑to‑day value. Volunteering time and donation matching further complement lifestyle and purpose‑oriented needs.

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The Company
HQ: Irvine, CA
1,383 Employees
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Razer™ is the world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers. The triple-headed snake trademark of Razer is one of the most recognized logos in the global gaming and esports communities. With a fan base that spans every continent, the company has designed and built the world’s largest gamer-focused ecosystem of hardware, software and services. Razer’s award-winning hardware includes high-performance gaming peripherals and Blade gaming laptops. Razer’s software platform, with over 70 million users, includes Razer Synapse (an Internet of Things platform), Razer Chroma™ (a proprietary RGB lighting technology system), and Razer Cortex (a game optimizer and launcher). In services, Razer Gold is one of the world’s largest virtual credit services for gamers, and Razer Fintech is one of the largest online-to-offline digital payment networks in SE Asia. Founded in 2005 and dual-headquartered in Irvine and Singapore, Razer has 18 offices worldwide and is recognized as the leading brand for gamers in the USA, Europe and China. Razer is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1337).

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