Counsel, Focus Features

NBCUniversal•Universal City, CA

8d•$150,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a hardworking, motivated, and skilled individual to join our legal team as a lawyer. This unique and complex role involves both production and acquisition work, so we are looking for someone who can manage a wide variety of tasks with different complexities and different priorities with minimal supervision.

Requirements

JD degree from an accredited law school
4+ years of production and/or transactional entertainment legal experience at a motion picture, television company, or major law firm
Member of the California State Bar or Registered with the California Bar as in-house counsel
Familiarity with copyright law (both US and foreign) and intellectual property issues
Outstanding negotiation, drafting, and analytical skills

Nice To Haves

You bring a proactive, solution-oriented mindset to problem solving
You build strong partnerships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization
You effectively manage multiple priorities and deliver in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
You have excellent communication skills, computer literacy, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team

Responsibilities

Negotiate and draft acquisition, development, and production agreements
Analyze and interpret a variety of contracts to provide legal advice on potential risks and issues
Handle all legal matters during production, including but not limited to evaluating rights and chain of title issues, clearance matters, guild issues, advertising, promotion, and publicity issues
Collaborate with key company departments across Focus and Universal, including Creative, Business, Production, Finance, Labor and Employment, Marketing, Promotions, Insurance and Tax
Support special projects as needed