Assistant General Counsel

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At KC Current, everything we do is in service of our fans, partners, community, and players. Our employees are stewards of that responsibility, working together to elevate the game and deepen our connection to Kansas City and beyond. With a best-in-class training facility and one of the first stadiums built specifically for a women's sports team, KC Current is writing the next chapter with world-class talent and ambition.

Our employees are a team of competitive, passionate, and driven people who are dedicated to this sport, this team, and this community. We aim high, embrace challenges, and take action to get it done. We believe great things happen when we are united. We are seeking individuals who want to march on this mission with us as the world's eyes are watching.

We are making history in Kansas City and desire like-minded, high energy, driven individuals to join us on our journey.

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.

• 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.

• 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…