Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Regulatory & Litigation

Senior Corporate Counsel, Litigation and Regulatory Disputes
San Mateo, CA; San Diego, CA; Washington D.C. (Hybrid)
Hybrid | minimum two days onsite per week

Role Summary

Starting with the launch of the original PlayStation in 1994, Sony Interactive Entertainment has pushed the boundaries of entertainment and innovation. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, with global functions in California, London, and Tokyo, and game development studios around the world as part of PlayStation Studios, we believe that the power of play is borderless.

As Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Litigation & Regulatory Disputes at Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC ("SIE"), you will help manage a varied portfolio of global litigation matters, SIE's responses to regulatory requests for information (RFIs), inquiries, and investigations in the Americas with support for matters globally; and advise business stakeholders on evolving regulatory and litigation risks. This role requires sound judgment, initiative, and the ability to coordinate fast-moving, cross-functional matters across jurisdictions while determining when matters should be handled by internal teams and when outside counsel support is appropriate.

What You'll Be Doing: 

Global Regulatory Response & Investigations

• Lead and coordinate responses to government and regulatory RFIs, inquiries, investigations, and related information requests across the Americas with support from jurisdictions worldwide as needed.
• Quickly assess the scope, legal risk, business impact, response requirements, and deadlines associated with each matter, and develop a clear response strategy and workplan.
• Manage tight deadlines and short turnaround times while ensuring responses are accurate, complete, consistent, and appropriately reviewed and approved.
• Engage and coordinate internal stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Information Security, Product, Engineering, Finance, Public Policy, Communications, and other relevant functions.
• Identify, preserve, collect, review, and synthesize relevant information and documents in partnership with other team members, internal subject-matter experts, and operational teams.
• Exercise sound judgment regarding when a matter can be managed effectively by an internal team and when specialist outside counsel should be engaged.
• Oversee outside counsel as needed; establish strategy, manage workstreams and budgets, and ensure advice is practical and aligned with business objectives.

Global Litigation & Risk Advisory

• Manage litigation and other adversarial proceedings in the Americas and on a global basis as needed, in coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel as appropriate.
• Develop and implement litigation strategy, manage discovery and other case workstreams, evaluate resolution options, and oversee matters through trial, arbitration, appeal, or settlement as applicable.
• Provide clear, practical, and timely advice to business stakeholders and leadership regarding evolving regulatory and litigation risks, including potential operational and strategic impacts.
• Monitor regulatory enforcement and litigation trends across key markets and translate developments into actionable risk-mitigation recommendations.
• Collaborate with legal and business colleagues to improve processes, playbooks, governance, and readiness for regulatory inquiries, investigations, and litigation.

What We're Looking For:

• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA-approved law school.
• An active state bar membership in good standing.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience, including substantial experience handling regulatory inquiries, investigations, complex litigation, and government enforcement matters.
• Demonstrated ability to lead responses to RFIs, inquiries, and investigations from government authorities and regulators, including matters involving compressed timelines and multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex litigation or investigations and coordinating internal teams and outside counsel across jurisdictions.
• Sound judgment regarding legal risk, escalation, privilege, and the appropriate use of outside counsel and other external advisers.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and internationally with multiple partners and to implement global strategies.
• Demonstrated experience as a solutions-oriented self-starter who provides practical advice in a manner that is understandable by non-lawyers.
• Exceptional project-management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize competing matters, manage tight deadlines, and drive workstreams to completion.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and work on any matter, no matter how big or small.
• Ability to work independently while building alignment among diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Additional Experience That Would Be Valuable

• Prior experience as in-house counsel in a global technology, entertainment, gaming, or other highly regulated business.
• Experience advising on information security, privacy, consumer protection, competition, product, or platform-related regulatory matters.
  

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