Director, Business & Legal Affairs

Live Nation Entertainment•Beverly Hills, CA

1d•$140,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com. This role will provide transactional legal support to Live Nation affiliated management, artist development and production companies. The Director will draft and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including but not limited to, personal management agreements and related documents (e.g., term extensions, termination agreements, co-management agreements), non-disclosure agreements, consulting/independent contractor agreements, vendor/service provider agreements, collaboration agreements, talent agreements, license agreements, venue agreements, clearance agreements, and sponsorship agreements. The Director will also advise and provide timely advice and guidance on business and legal matters to the affiliated companies, communicate and interact with affiliated companies and third-party attorneys to negotiate and finalize contracts, assist with updating internal contract templates, and manage the contract process and provide regular status updates to internal team members and affiliated companies.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years working as a lawyer with a major law firm and/or in-house legal department with at least 3 years of relevant experience negotiating and drafting a variety of music and entertainment legal transactions and agreements
Required experience related to artist management, concert promotion and/or live events
J.D. and membership in the California Bar in good standing, or eligible to register as in-house counsel with the California Bar
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, sound business judgment and the ability to handle multiple projects at one time
Strong organizational and time management skills
Desire to partner with business clients to provide practical solutions
Proficiency in document review, editing and redlining
Strong interpersonal skills including ability to communicate effectively with all levels of business operations
High level of personal integrity and professional ethics

Responsibilities

Provide transactional legal support to Live Nation affiliated management, artist development and production companies
Draft and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including but not limited to, personal management agreements and related documents (e.g., term extensions, termination agreements, co-management agreements), non-disclosure agreements, consulting/independent contractor agreements, vendor/service provider agreements, collaboration agreements, talent agreements, license agreements, venue agreements, clearance agreements, and sponsorship agreements
Advise and provide timely advice and guidance on business and legal matters to the affiliated companies
Communicate and interact with affiliated companies and third-party attorneys to negotiate and finalize contracts
Assist with updating internal contract templates
Manage contract process and provide regular status updates to internal team members and affiliated companies