Commercial Counsel, Business Affairs

NVE Experience Agency • Los Angeles, CA

7d • $120,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

NVE Experience Agency is seeking an experienced, commercially minded licensed attorney or Business Affairs professional to lead its day-to-day Business Affairs and contracting function. The scope of the role will be aligned with the selected candidate’s qualifications and professional licensure.

The role independently manages a high volume of commercial agreements and provides legal guidance on contract negotiations, risk management, and related legal matters across NVE’s experiential marketing, creative, production, and strategic partnership business. The ideal candidate combines strong legal expertise with practical business judgment, excellent communication, and exceptional project management skills, and can efficiently close routine agreements without unnecessarily complicating negotiations.

The position is hybrid, with company hubs in Los Angeles and New York City. Candidates in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, or Chicago are preferred, and remote candidates will also be considered.

Requirements

• For the licensed attorney pathway: Juris Doctor from an accredited law school, active bar membership in good standing, appropriate authorization to practice in the relevant jurisdiction, and 4–8+ years of relevant commercial legal or transactional experience.
• For the Business Affairs professional pathway: 6–10+ years of direct experience managing and negotiating commercial agreements in a Business Affairs or commercial contracting role, with demonstrated judgment in identifying matters requiring legal review and partnering with counsel.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contract law, contractual risk allocation, intellectual property, and related legal considerations.
• Excellent commercial judgment and ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong project management capabilities and experience managing a substantial volume of concurrent matters.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize efficiently, and take ownership of matters from initiation through execution.

Nice To Haves

• In-house legal experience at an advertising, experiential marketing, entertainment, media, or production company.
• Experience with talent, influencer, sponsorship, licensing, and production agreements.
• Familiarity with advertising, data privacy, and related regulatory requirements.
• Experience coordinating outside counsel.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted legal review tools and contract lifecycle management systems.

Responsibilities

• Independently draft, review, redline, negotiate, and finalize vendor and client MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, independent contractor agreements, talent agreements, venue agreements, sponsorship agreements, and other commercial contracts.
• Provide legal guidance on indemnification, liability, insurance, intellectual property, confidentiality, termination, and contractual risk allocation.
• Negotiate nonstandard provisions and complex contractual arrangements, including client-side MSAs, SOWs, RFP terms, and related negotiations.
• Advise internal stakeholders on practical approaches to managing contractual risk while achieving business objectives.
• Identify and evaluate contractual legal risks and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Develop, review, and maintain legal templates, fallback provisions, negotiation playbooks, and standard contractual positions.
• Provide legal guidance on commercial, production, talent, licensing, and intellectual property matters within the attorney’s expertise.
• Coordinate specialized outside counsel when matters require additional subject-matter or jurisdictional expertise.
• Escalate significant business risk, unusual financial exposure, or strategically sensitive decisions to leadership.
• Own contract intake, prioritization, review, negotiation, tracking, and execution.
• Serve as the primary Business Affairs contact for internal teams and provide clear, concise, actionable legal guidance and proactive status updates.
• Manage competing deadlines and high-volume contracting needs independently.
• Collaborate with Operations and Finance to improve contracting and onboarding processes.
• Support implementation of AI-assisted contract review, automation, and scalable legal workflows.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and reduce reliance on outside counsel.

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• 401(k) match
• Communication stipend
• Paid company holidays and PTO package
• Company get-togethers and retreats
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• Incentives, benefits, and growth and developmental opportunities as part of the total compensation package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level