Legal Counsel, Online Gaming
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Description
• Act as the department's day-to-day point of contact with PAGCOR, including its Electronic Games Licensing Department, and
with other regulators as required.
• Prepare regulatory correspondence and submissions, including license and accreditation applications, sub-brand and domain
approvals, responses to inquiries and observation reports, incident and breach notifications, and periodic reports.
• Track new and proposed issuances affecting the license, assess their effect on the business, and advise on what must change,
by when, and who must act.
• Maintain the regulatory compliance calendar and the register of licenses, accreditations, and permits, escalate approaching
deadlines, and review the department's compliance policies annually with their owners.
• Review new products, games, promotions, and player-facing terms against license conditions, responsible gaming
requirements, and advertising restrictions before launch, and support the accreditation of gaming service providers and
suppliers.
• Support brand protection and enforcement against unauthorized use of the Solaire marks, clone and impersonation sites, and
unlicensed operators, including referrals to PAGCOR, the NTC, and the CICC.
• Support data privacy compliance with the Data Protection Officer: privacy notices, data sharing and processing arrangements,
records of processing, and breach response.
• Research and present regulatory issues and risk assessments to management with analysis, options, and a recommendation.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements alongside the contracts counsel as capacity requires, and work with the
rest of the Legal and Compliance team; and
• Any other ad-hoc duties that may be required.
KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
• Sound knowledge of Philippine gaming regulation and administrative practice, and of data protection law, with a working
knowledge of commercial contracting.
• Able to read an issuance and state plainly what it requires, by when, and who must act.
• Accurate and dependable on deadlines, with sound judgment on what to escalate and when.
• Clear written English, able to draft a submission that goes out under management's signature with little rework.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS/KEY SUCCES FACTORS
• Regulatory correspondence and submissions filed within the period set by the regulator or by management, with no extension sought
for want of preparation.
• Licenses, accreditations, and permits kept current, with no lapse and no interruption to operations attributable to a missed renewal
or filing.
• Regulatory compliance calendar and the register of licenses, accreditations, and permits kept current, with approaching deadlines
escalated in advance of the due date.
• New and proposed issuances affecting the license identified and assessed within the period set by the department, with a written
statement of what must change, by when, and who must act.
• New products, games, promotions, and player-facing terms cleared against license conditions, responsible gaming requirements, and
advertising restrictions before launch, with no material released without clearance.
• Responses to observation reports, inquiries, and show-cause notices filed within the period stated in the report or notice or, where
none is stated, within five (5) working days of receipt, with each finding addressed and the corrective action and its owner identified.
• Compliance policies reviewed and updated at least once each year with their respective owners.
• Submissions and correspondence drafted to a standard that goes out under management's signature with little rework.
Requirements
• Juris Doctor, admitted to the Philippine Bar and a member in good standing of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, with 2+
years of post-admission experience.
• Post-admission experience before Philippine regulatory agencies, gained at a leading Philippine law firm, in-house, or in
government. Experience before PAGCOR is strongly preferred; experience before the NPC, AMLC, SEC, NTC, or DICT will also
be considered.
• Working knowledge of Philippine gaming regulation, the Data Privacy Act, and the anti-money laundering obligations
applicable to casinos.