Associate Legal Counsel

NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group and world renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal is wholly owned by Comcast Corporation.

Universal Pictures Content Group is an independent mini-studio within the infrastructure of NBCUniversal. With offices around the world and central headquarters in London, the UP Content Group discovers, acquires and produces a diverse range of quality content across a multitude of genres (film, stand-up comedy, TV drama/sitcoms, music, sports, documentary, family entertainment, events & special interest) for global distribution. It’s multiplatform sales & distribution footprint includes theatrical, physical, digital (SVOD & Transactional), TV (Free & Pay) as well as consumer products. The business uniquely focuses on managing talents, partnerships, brands and titles across all rights and across their full lifecycle. It is a business rooted in Artists and repertoire (A&R) culture, driven by relationships, innovation and ambitious growth plans.

At Universal Pictures Content Group we are aligned to our shared vision and focussed on creating new opportunities to grow, improve and evolve our business. We work together as one team and support each other to achieve our best work. Our Values play a huge part in this commitment and the culture of our teams.

Experience in commercial environments is imperative, with a natural aptitude for the interactivity between the creative, commercial, production and corporate worlds. Responsibilities will include driving the Business and Legal Affairs work across a wide variety of matters and projects on a day to day basis, including:

• working across ad hoc new business projects in the direct-to-consumer space, such as the establishment of apps, websites and SVOD services (with a focus on consumer issues and regulation);
• understanding issues relating to and providing advice on issues arising in direct-to-consumer regulation, including consumer law, IP, advertising/marketing and content regulation, with additional focus on research and knowledge-sharing regarding any upcoming changes to the law;
• structuring, negotiating and drafting content acquisition agreements in relation to finished films/documentaries, and titles going into production;
• liaising internally at NBCUniversal with cross disciplinary teams and externally with other studios, distributors, platforms, talent, creative and production personnel; and
• working collaboratively across the team to share and improve knowledge, through know-how research/presentations, the development of templates etc.

The role requires someone who:

• is genuinely passionate about working on the creation and distribution of exciting content and seeking to learn as much as possible about all aspects of the media industry;
• enjoys working in a deal-based environment with fixed deadlines;
• is a resilient team player who is committed and dedicated to the team and will always go the extra mile;
• has a positive can do attitude;
• has excellent drafting skills and attention to detail;
• is adept at multi-tasking and can manage a high volume of matters, often switching between tasks on a day to day basis;
• is self-motivated and seeks personal development through working with, learning from and observing more seasoned media lawyers;
• is consistently reliable and works to build trust with their manager and business stakeholders;
• is commercially-minded and solutions-orientated and genuinely enjoys solving commercial and corporate problems; and

• is able to self-manage and also to operate in a supportive team environment, instinctively feeding into the improvement of the team’s systems, templates and processes where applicable.

• Must be UK Qualified with roughly 1-3 years PQE Experience.
• Suitable candidates should demonstrate as much of the above as they can through their CV (both in respect of professional path and extra-curricular achievements) and in interview

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