**Head of Legal (Freelance)**:
- FIFA27 will be established as the Local FIFA Subsidiary in Brazil, to work together with FIFA HQ in Zurich and globally, to deliver the biggest women's sporting event in the world, the FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 ("FWWC2027").
This role will initially be a temporary freelance position supporting the preparation phase for the FWWC2027, with the possibility to transition to a fixed-term contract position once the FIFA27 local subsidiary is established in Brazil.
**THE POSITION**:
- Reporting to FWWC2027 senior management, and working alongside the FIFA Legal team in Miami, the Head of Legal is responsible for the provision of legal support in connection with the organization and staging of FWWC2027.
In particular, the Head of Legal will support and work closely with the Director Operational Legal and the Head of Event Legal for FIFA.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Providing legal support in connection with the organization and staging of FWWC2027 across a broad range of legal areas, working alongside the FIFA Legal team in Miami and in particular supporting the Director Operational Legal and the Head of Event Legal.
- Planning, setting up and implementing, in collaboration with the FIFA Legal team and FIFA Finance, the tax and corporate structure of FIFA27.
- Building, recruiting and managing a legal team to support FWWC2027.
- Managing all corporate, company secretarial and governance matters in respect of FIFA27, including legal, regulatory and FIFA institutional requirements and best practices.
- Ensuring that the operation of FIFA27 and the staging and organization of FWWC2027 complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including all federal, state and municipal laws and regulations.
- Delivering all necessary legal advice, strategic direction and support during the operational phase, tournament time and wind-down phase of the FWWC2027.
- Advising, alongside the FIFA Legal team, on the implementation of the legal framework for the hosting and staging of FWWC2027 including:
- advising on the implementation of the hosting documentation provided during the bidding process for FWWC27, including hosting agreements, host city agreements, stadium agreements, training site agreements, airport agreements, accommodation agreements and related contractual documentation; and
- supervising the implementation of the guarantees provided by Brazilian government during the bidding process for FWWC27 across topics such as taxation, immigration, employment and customs; and
- supporting senior management in its discussions with the Brazilian government and CBF and on the establishment of a FWWC27 event law.
- Additional specific areas of responsibility include:
- drafting and negotiating service provider agreements and any other contracts to be entered into by FIFA27 in connection with the organization and staging of FWWC27;
- managing any contentious matters and disputes that may arise in connection with FWWC27;
- advising on employment and labour law matters in connection with FWWC27, including drafting employment and human resources contracts, documentation and policies and dealing with employment and labour law disputes;
- managing external counsel; and
- supporting brand protection and anti-ambush marketing activities as part of the overall brand protection plan developed by FIFA.
- Coordinating and working closely with other legal divisions within FIFA in relation to the hosting and staging of FWWC2027, including in relation to marketing, corporate and institutional matters.
**YOUR PROFILE**:
- An experienced and skilled lawyer qualified in Brazil with at least 10+ years of experience either in a top firm, large corporate or sporting organization, with experience advising major multinational organisations on a wide range of legal issues.
- Experience recruiting and managing a team.
- Keen understanding of the various interests and demands of all key stakeholders of FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 and a thorough appreciation of how the actions of FIFA27 could affect those interests.
- Ability to create, develop and maintain strong and reliable relationships with FIFA Senior Management as well as external legal and commercial counterparts.
- Strong IT skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Capacity to advise the business when making key decisions through critical problem-solving skills and an ability to use sound judgement.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, motivational leadership, effective negotiation skills, excellent communication skills and positive relationship-management skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A team player, willing to work to tight timelines.
- Positive attitude, patience, and persistence.
- Experience working within a multicultural and or multinational organization
- Right to work in Brazil.
- Fluent in English (oral and written)
- Fluent in Portuguese (oral and written)
- Ability to re-locate to Rio de Janeiro.
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