Counsel / Sr. Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job

Counsel / Sr. Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs - Content Acquisitions

Responsibilities
Role Purpose
The Counsel/Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs - Content Acquisitions will serve as a legal point of contact and provide legal support for all aspects of content acquisition by the NBCUniversal's innovative new direct-to-consumer streaming service Peacock and its broad portfolio of television entertainment networks (NBC, USA, Bravo, Syfy, E! and Oxygen), including a wide range of issues relating to the production and licensing of film, television, news, sports, live events and original programming. This role will report to one of the division's Vice-Presidents.

Responsibilities:

• Independently draft, review, negotiate and interpret a range of licensing agreements and other legal documents.
• Provide timely and thorough legal advice on potential risks and issues, and propose practical, responsive solutions.
• Identify and implement improvements to forms and processes.
• Partner with NBCUniversal business executives as well as colleagues across the Finance, Marketing, Product, Legal and other departments to discuss and implement best practices and formulate new processes in connection with business needs.
• Other matters as needed at the direction of the division's General Counsel and its Senior Vice President.

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications • Member of New York, California or other U.S. state bar.
• JD or LLM degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum 4 years of experience for Counsel, and 6 years for Sr. Counsel, in the entertainment industry, with title and salary dependent on years of experience, including a thorough understanding of and demonstrated proficiency with the acquisition of video programming for exploitation on television and/or digital media.

Eligibility Requirements
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV online to be considered and must be willing to submit transcripts.
• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing to work in Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY.

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics:
• Strong academic credentials.
• Outstanding analytic, communication and organizational skills, including excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach.
• Comfortable making legal decisions and advising on business risks.
• Sound business judgment, and flexibility/adaptability to manage multiple, wide-ranging matters, conflicting deadlines, and new areas of expertise as business needs change.
• Proactively identify, prioritize and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrated ability, in a positive and practical manner, to approach complex legal scenarios in a thoughtful and analytic fashion.
• Ability to explain complex legal concepts to business and creative executives, build consensus across business units, think creatively, and collaborate with other executives to address business needs.