Assistant General Counsel

KC Current • Riverside, MO

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About The Position

The Assistant General Counsel will serve as a key member of the legal department for a global soccer organization, providing practical, business-oriented legal advice across commercial, regulatory, governance, employment, and operational matters. This role will support the General Counsel and senior leadership in managing legal risk, strengthening compliance, and enabling the organization’s mission to grow and govern the game globally with integrity, transparency, and excellence.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.
• Active license to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction and good standing with applicable bar or regulatory authority.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant legal experience, preferably including law firm training and in-house experience with a sports, media, entertainment, league or global commercial organization.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance, compliance, risk management, investigations, and dispute resolution.
• Experience advising senior executives and cross-functional teams on practical legal and business issues.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, written and verbal communication skills, and ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with soccer, international sports governance, event operations, sponsorship, media rights, and/or athlete/player regulatory matters.
• Familiarity with FIFA, federation, league, club, and tournament structures and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions, cultures, time zones, and legal systems.
• Knowledge of integrity, safeguarding, anti-doping, sanctions, and international compliance programs.
• Fluency in one or more languages in addition to English.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including sponsorship, media, licensing, vendor, event operations, venue, merchandising, technology, employment, and services agreements.
• Advise internal stakeholders on legal issues affecting international competitions, tournaments, events, national associations, clubs, players, commercial partners, and vendors.
• Support corporate governance matters, including board and committee materials, policies, resolutions, delegations of authority, and organizational compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance on soccer-specific regulatory matters, including competition rules, eligibility, transfers, player-related issues, disciplinary processes, safeguarding, anti-doping, betting, and match manipulation risks.
• Partner with business units to identify, assess, and mitigate legal, reputational, operational, and regulatory risks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support dispute resolution, investigations, claims, disciplinary proceedings, arbitrations, and litigation management, including coordination with outside counsel.
• Advise on data privacy, intellectual property, consumer protection, marketing, ticketing, digital platforms, and brand protection matters.
• Assist in developing, updating, and implementing legal and compliance policies, templates, playbooks, training materials, and procedures.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting global sport, soccer governance, commercial rights, employment, safeguarding, sanctions, and international operations.
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, delivering clear, timely, and pragmatic legal advice in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• We value diversity and seek world-class employees of all backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, we comply with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior