Fanatics Collect (including Live) and Topps.com Global Legal Lead

About the Team

Fanatics Collectibles is transforming the global collectibles industry by building the world’s most comprehensive, fan-focused ecosystem of physical and digital products. As part of Fanatics’ broader mission to create the ultimate digital sports platform where fans can buy, collect, and engage, we connect millions of collectors through platforms such as Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, and Topps Digital.

The Legal team at Fanatics Collectibles is a key strategic partner to our product, engineering, operations, marketing, and business leadership teams. We enable innovation at speed while ensuring regulatory compliance, consumer trust, and long-term product integrity.

 Role Summary

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a seasoned lawyer to lead legal for Fanatics Collect, including Fanatics Live, and Topps.com as well future DTC platforms on a global basis. A deep understanding of digital platforms (Global DTC) and technology is essential for this role to support the global operations of such platforms. Prior comparable experience a must.

The legal lead will serve as an embedded legal advisor throughout the full product lifecycle — from early ideation and design, to development, launch, and iteration across Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, Topps Digital, and future DTC platforms on a global basis. The legal lead will serve as primary overall counsel for these businesses covering all areas of legal, compliance and risk.

This role requires a lawyer who not only understands technology, digital commerce, and platform risk, but who has a deep understanding of innovative legal topics and also shares our passion for relentlessly enhancing the collector experience. You will use your legal expertise to help build world-class collector experiences that are innovative, compliant, globally scalable, and grounded in fan trust. You will work cross-functionally with U.S. and international stakeholders to help shape product strategy, guide responsible innovation, and ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions and product categories.

A super exciting senior opportunity that involves working directly with our leadership team. The position is in-office and based in either New York or LA.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal advisor for our global direct-to-consumer digital and mobile platforms (Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, Topps Digital and future platforms) across global markets.
• Partner closely with global product, engineering, design, marketing, privacy, compliance, and operations teams from concept through launch and lifecycle iteration.
• Provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented guidance on product features, user experiences, customer engagement strategies, and go-to-market initiatives worldwide.
• Collaborate effectively with international business and legal teams to support global expansion, local market adaptations, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory compliance.
• Advise on all issues on a general and global basis including issues related to consumer protection, e-commerce law, digital payments, subscription models, loyalty/rewards programs, content regulation, IP use, user-generated content, and influencer marketing.
• Draft, review, and negotiate all agreements to support our global platforms, including technology agreements, platform partnerships, SaaS and licensing contracts, and vendor agreements supporting product operations.
• Develop and maintain global consumer-facing terms and policies, including terms of use, platform rules, privacy-related disclosures (in coordination with our privacy team), sweepstakes/contest rules, and promotional terms.
• Support privacy-by-design processes and advise on global consent, data governance, cross-border data flows, and other privacy and data-use considerations.
• Monitor and interpret global regulatory developments affecting digital commerce, consumer engagement, digital content, advertising, and emerging technologies.
• Help develop scalable legal processes, workflows, and governance mechanisms to support efficient, compliant product development across global markets.
• Deliver internal training and guidance to business teams to promote strong compliance and product-risk awareness.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; admitted to practice in at least one U.S. state (in-house registration acceptable).
• 10+ years of legal experience, with at least 3 years advising on global direct-to-consumer technology, product, digital media, or e-commerce matters at a top law firm or in-house at a technology or consumer-facing company.
• Strong experience with consumer protection, e-commerce law, digital advertising/marketing, and data privacy (U.S. and ideally international).
• Demonstrated ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Proven experience working with product, engineering, design, marketing, and operations teams and across global time zones.
• Excellent judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills; ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Passion for innovation and for continuously enhancing the collector experience.
• Preferred: experience supporting marketplace or high-traffic consumer platforms; familiarity with IP/content licensing, sweepstakes/promotion rules, payment regulation, and global privacy frameworks such as GDPR and CPRA.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Be a doer whose ready, willing and able to roll up your sleeves, jump in and get things done.
• Be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of taking ownership of projects/matters.
• Have a strong desire to assume a wide variety of responsibilities, be flexible and grow with the company.
• Able to accomplish multiple tasks at once while balancing competing objectives and deadlines.
• Produce high-quality carefully crafted work product in a timely manner.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Work effectively both independently and as a team player in a team oriented environment, friendly and excited about “play nice” culture.
• Be confident, be a collaborator and initiative taker.
• Do not watch the clock, be flexible, invested, committed and immersed in the excitement about and commitment to the success of our businesses.
• Strong understanding of the Collectibles businesses and overall Fanatics operations.
• Be a creative thinker who can initiate and develop alternative approaches to complex issues.
• Have a “how” state of mind, not a yes/no advisor.
• Professional and have a perfect sense of integrity, reliable and does the right thing.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent legal and business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to synthesize complex data for a range of audiences. Ability to advise all levels of seniority, summarize bottom line concise advice and in the same time able to expand to full spectrum of details and analysis as appropriate.
• Able to function in excellence in a high-paced, entrepreneurial and constantly evolving and fast-moving environment.
• Aim to be best in class – goal oriented and task focused learner who is innovative and influential.
• Driven to win, ambassador of the Fanatics brand who brings passion, energy and positivity into the workplace.
• Ability to travel frequently on short notice.

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