Legal Counsel Corporate Legal

Department: Legal & Compliance

Location: Miami

Description

We govern the beautiful game and ensure it's run with transparency and integrity.

Join our team in Miami and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION

These are your key tasks:

• Reviewing and drafting procurement and supplier contracts, NDAs and Memoranda of Understanding


• Providing contractual legal advice and support across all functional areas of FIFA engaged in procurement


• Assisting with the formation, maintenance and dissolution of FIFA's subsidiaries, branches and regional offices


• Collaborating with other members of the Corporate Legal team and with external counsel to manage legal disputes, litigation and arbitration


• Conducting legal research on diverse legal issues


• Providing advice to internal stakeholders regarding FIFA's internal governance provisions and ensuring robust compliance with processes and directives


• Supporting other members of the Corporate Legal team, in particular the Head of Corporate Legal
  
  
  

YOUR PROFILE

We work hard at FIFA.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

• First class written and spoken English language skills, consistent with drafting and negotiating complex, high value and nuanced English language agreements


• Ability to provide and communicate effectively practical and solutions-based legal advice.


• Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem solving and analytical skills


• Structured, reliable, well-organized with a strong eye for detail


• Ability to work as part of a high-performing team, fostering collaboration, driving results, and ensuring the successful achievement of organizational goals


• Proactive, with a strong sense of personal responsibility with an ability to work autonomously on a wide variety of projects


• Comfortable working in an international environment and participating in multijurisdictional projects


• Resilient with an ability to competently handle a large workload amid rapidly shifting priorities


• Open-minded team player with an affinity for working within a variety of cultures and with excellent communication skills


• High degree of professionalism and confident demeanor


• Ability to be a good ambassador for FIFA in all manner of external facing situations, including during contractual negotiations, external workshops and during FIFA competition-related assignments


• Ability to create, develop and maintain strong and reliable relationships with FIFA senior management as well as external legal and commercial counterparts


• Willingness to operate outside of comfort zone


• Takes initiative to reflect on how to improve and develop working styles and methods to assist the organization and internal clients


• Fully qualified to practice law (admitted to the Florida bar or eligible to register as Florida Authorized House Counsel) having completed academic and practical training


• 5 years of legal practice PQE


• Substantial professional experience of working with and drafting legal documents in English


• Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem solving and analytical skills


• 5 years in private practice and/or in house legal teams with demonstrated experience in transactional, corporate and/or litigation matters


• Demonstrable interest in or experience of sports-related legal matters


• Native level English (or equivalent), consistent with requirement to draft and negotiate complex and nuanced English language agreements and advice


• Proficiency in any other FIFA language (French/Spanish/German) is a strong asset
  
  
  

PERKS & BENEFITS

The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

Health insurance: We offer generous medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage.
Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
Retirement: We offer generous 401(k) employer contributions.
Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.