Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Regulatory & Litigation
Sony Interactive Entertainment
United States, San Mateo · USA-CA-San Mateo · USD 226,200-339,200 · 10+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- United States, San Mateo · USA-CA-San Mateo
- Salary
- USD 226,200-339,200 · Base salary
About the role
- As Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Litigation & Regulatory Disputes at Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, you will help manage a varied portfolio of global litigation matters and regulatory inquiries.
- You will lead and coordinate responses to government and regulatory RFIs, investigations, and related information requests across the Americas and globally.
- The role requires sound judgment, initiative, and the ability to coordinate fast-moving, cross-functional matters across jurisdictions while determining appropriate outside counsel support.
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate responses to government and regulatory RFIs, inquiries, investigations, and related information requests acrossaconda 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred qualifications
- 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.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Matching 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Wellness program
- Coveted employee discounts for Sony products
- Bonus package eligibility
Workplace
- Hybrid working policy requiring a minimum of two days onsite per week.