Job description
COUNSEL, LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS – SCRIPTED
GLOBAL MEDIA SVOD
LONDON, HYBRID WORKING
Our client is a pre-eminent global SVOD entertainment company. Customers around the world enjoy incredible content from original TV series and documentaries to feature films, covering an immense variety of genres in multiple languages.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced lawyer with working knowledge of the UK TV production landscape to join the London-based Business & Legal Affairs team, who support scripted series commissioned and/or produced in the UK.
You will work on a wide range of matters during the life cycle of a scripted series. Responsibilities will include drafting and negotiating development, commissioning, talent and rights agreements, as well as working with third-party production companies.
The ideal candidate will have at least four years of relevant experience in a media law firm, film or television production company or broadcaster, and will ideally be English law qualified (or equivalent). You will have excellent working knowledge of the UK television production landscape and of working with UK broadcasters.
Our client is looking for a talented, intuitive and adaptable individual who is able to work autonomously, with a constant desire to question and challenge assumptions, with a willingness to learn and an affinity for an exciting and fast-paced working environment.
This is an unparalleled opportunity for a curious and commercially minded media lawyer to join one of the world’s most prestigious and well-renowned global streamers.