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Senior Legal Counsel Marketing & Competitions

Inseriert am: 10.10.2018


































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To support our Legal & Integrity Division, FIFA is looking to recruit an experienced and independent
Senior Legal Counsel Marketing & Competitions
Your duties


  • Drafting and providing further legal assistance with agreements and further arrangements in relation to accommodation and tour operator solutions for FIFA tournaments and activities

  • Drafting and providing further legal assistance in relation to ticketing and hospitality operations as well as bidding & hosting agreements for FIFA tournaments, activities and further event-related services

  • Assisting with the continuous development of FIFA competition regulations or further guidelines and regulations of FIFA

  • Providing general legal service support

  • Providing guidance to other team members, including reviewing their work and training junior counsels
Our requirements


  • Fully qualified to practise law (registered on the roll/admitted to the bar of the relevant jurisdiction and completed academic and practical training)

  • Six to eight years of legal practice

  • Minimum of four years of legal and/or commercial practice “on the job” in the events, accommodation/tourism or ticketing/hospitality industry or a reputable law firm engaged in such industry; on-site experience at a major sporting event is a plus

  • Mother-tongue English speaker or very proficient English speaker with professional experience of working with and drafting legal documents in English; a second language would be highly beneficial, preferably German, French or Spanish

  • Excellent negotiation, drafting, problem-solving and analytical skills

  • Flexible approach to work across a wide range of football, event organisation and commercial practice areas

  • Ability to transfer profound legal knowledge into commercially or operationally oriented solutions

  • Very structured, self-competent and reliable

  • Well-organised and precise working style with a strong eye for detail

  • Ability to work autonomously and/or within a team on a wide variety of projects and to set and adhere to priorities and deadlines

  • Service- and solution-orientated personality with good communication skills
You can expect a highly motivated and helpful team working in a dynamic multicultural environment. If you have the necessary qualifications and are keen to work for an international organisation, please click "apply here" and submit your application in English (motivation letter, CV, diplomas and reference letters).
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA-Strasse 20, 8044 Zürich
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Only direct applications via our applicant tracking system will be considered (no agencies or applications via email/post please).

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