SVP Business and Legal Affairs

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Job Title: SVP, Business and Legal Affairs
Job Type: Full-time, Direct Placement
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities Include:

  • Negotiate all aspects of scripted programming deals with talent agents and lawyers (including profit participation).
  • Structure, negotiate and draft first-look/overall deals, rights/acquisitions deals, development and production services deals.
  • Handle all aspects of day-to-day television production from development through production.
  • Responsible for legal matters during production, including but not limited to evaluating rights/chain of title issues, clearance matters, guild issues, advertising, promotion and publicity issues.
  • Interface with the following departments on a day-to-day basis: creative, production, labor, legal, publicity, finance, ad sales, music, syndication, and marketing.
  • Review budgets and other financial data associated with the development and production of aforesaid programming.
  • Maintain relationships with agencies, managers, and attorneys in the entertainment community.


Requirements:

  • 12+ years prior experience at an entertainment law firm and/or major media entertainment company with substantial experience in scripted television development and production.
  • JD degree from top tier law school is preferred and active member of the California State Bar
  • Minimum 5 years of Business Affairs experience.
  • Extensive and in-depth knowledge of negotiating and documenting entertainment scripted transactions with an ability to operate independently with minimal supervision.
  • Must be detailed oriented and possess superior negotiation, drafting, organizational and time management skills.
  • Solid working knowledge of guild and union issues and various entertainment industry customs and practices.
  • Previously established relationships with key agencies, managers, and attorneys in the entertainment community.
  • Must have a cooperative, positive, team-oriented approach.
  • Ability to develop effective and productive working relationships with senior company executives.
  • Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and succinct manner both verbally and in writing.


Benefits: 401(k)401(k) matching, Medical, Vision and Dental insurance covered at 80-90%, Employee assistance program, Employee discount, Flexible schedule, Flexible spending account, Health insurance, Health savings account, Life insurance, Paid time off, Parental leave, Retirement plan.

Job Requirements:

  • Oversee legal functions, ensuring regulatory oversight and legal compliance
  • Advise management on legal matters in order to guard the organization against legal liability
  • Performing legal research and advising on complex legal and regulatory developments
  • Assist legal team with other tasks
  • Manage and coordinate legal operations
  • Meet organization and legal requirements
  • Provide legal updates and trainings
  • Identify and analyze legal issues and risks, review and draft legal agreements, present clear recommendations, and assure legal compliance across the full spectrum of legal issues
  • Serve as a key legal partner
  • Maintain a vendor management process including a repository of legal and non-legal vendors
  • Coordinate legal responses and document management for civil litigation
  • Ensure compliance with all regulations and legal requirements
  • Filing all necessary paperwork in legal process
  • Develop and maintain a corporate legal filing system
  • Conduct legal research, drafts more significant corporate legal documents, and assist more experienced attorneys in representing the corporation in legal disputes and transactions
  • Advise senior business management and other Legal Department members on legal and business issues
  • Advise management and business staff on legal and business issues
  • Coordinate work with outside attorneys on civil litigation matters and consult with on sensitive legal issues
  • Assist General Counsel and legal team to drive overall legal strategy and manage day-to-day legal operations, including establishment of processes and procedures
  • Manage the annual legal department operating plan and budget, acting as liaison between the finance and legal department

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