The Role
Provide legal counsel focusing on contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property for ZURU's global operations. Manage disputes, assist in legal matters, and educate on legal issues.
Summary Generated by Built In
In-House Legal Counsel – Contract, Regulatory & Licensing Focus
About ZURU
ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.
Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.
One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more!
For more information, visit www.zuru.com.
Position Overview
As ZURU's business and overall impact will grow significantly over the next months and years in the U.S. and globally, we are further building out our legal team to support this growth. You will join our global legal team to assist ZURU in managing litigation, regulatory, and contractual risks. You will navigate, litigate, and resolve disputes with various bodies.
You will provide legal support across a broad range of issues affecting ZURU globally, ultimately responsible for ensuring that ZURU conducts its business in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
The core areas you will be responsible for are:
1) Contract review, advising, and drafting
2) Regulatory research and advice on Toys and Fast Moving Consumer Goods
3) Assisting and managing general legal matters
Roles & Responsibilities
- Negotiate and draft inbound and outbound intellectual property license agreements supporting products sold across ZURU’s toy and fast moving consumer goods verticals.
- Provide legal support and advice on intellectual property licensing and management of ongoing licensing partnerships. Licensing contract review, drafting, and advice will be about 50% of time spent for this role.
- Provide legal support for global marketing, sales, product design and development, concept acquisition and creative services groups.
- Counsel on a broad range of legal issues, including licensing, marketing, advertising, promotions, social media, privacy, regulatory and compliance matters, contract interpretation.
- Advise the business regarding regulatory and compliance issues affecting consumer products and toys.
- Negotiate and draft a variety of contracts, including inbound licenses with inventors and a variety of third party licensors, marketing and promotions agreements, distribution agreements, third party logistics agreements, and manufacturing agreements.
- Assist with intellectual property prosecution, acquisition, and strategy. Assist with litigation matters relating to intellectual property. Intellectual property prosecution, acquisition, and litigation will be about 20% of time spent for this role.
- Review and advise on product development, product packaging, and all manner of advertising and marketing materials, including television commercials, print ads, digital media campaigns, contests, sweepstakes and other promotions.
- Coordinate with internal legal and non-legal resources as necessary to address legal and business issues; manage external legal resources.
- Work directly with and advise on legal issues succinctly to senior executives.
- Provide internal education and training on relevant legal issues.
- Advise on legal aspects of company structuring (in partnership with the Tax team).
- Participate in the definition and development of corporate policies, procedures and programs.
Skills & Experience
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from a recognised university and a current practising certificate.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience as an attorney.
- Experience negotiating and drafting merchandise and brand licensing agreements preferred.
- Strong contract review and drafting experience required.
- Intellectual property prosecution, strategy, review, and implementation.
- Strong negotiating skills with both legal and financial/commercial issues.
- An ability to assess and evaluate a broad range of legal issues and risks and provide commercially focussed practical legal advice.
- A natural ability and desire to work collaboratively with our team and business partners.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to engage at all levels of the organisation.
LIFE@ZURU
At ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.
At ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. As ZURU is on such a fast growth trajectory, there are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else.
We recognise that ZURU’s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.
WHAT WE OFFER
🌱 Culture for Growth
💡 Surrounded by an A Player Team
💰 Competitive Remuneration
ZURU – Tomorrow Reimagined
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The Company
What We Do
ZURU is a disruptive and award-winning company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products.
Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU is one of the fastest growing toy companies in the world and is known for their agility, creativity and new-age manufacturing techniques.
The company that started in New Zealand now employs more than 5,000 staff across 18 offices, produces 600,000 toys a day and distributes to most major retailers in over 120 countries.
ZURU has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™ and Metal Machines™ as well as through partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks.
With a strong commitment to the community, ZURU supports Captivating International, local China orphanages and also student development programs in Asia and in New Zealand.
ZURU will continue to pave new ways for kids to play and focuses on reimagining what this looks like every day.
