In-House Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Hays Legal
- Location
- City of London, England
- Salary
- £65000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + benefits
- Posted
- 06 Mar 2015
- Closes
- 13 Mar 2015
- Ref
- 2407187
- Contact
- Neel Mehta
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial, Intellectual Property, Media/Entertainment/Sport, Telecoms
- PQE
- 4-6 Years
- Experience Level
- Mid Level
A well-established, international telecoms organisation in London is looking for a 4-5 PQE commercial lawyer with Intellectual Property exposure to join its busy legal team. Reporting into the Chief Legal Officer, this is an opportunity to become a key contributor in the media and telecoms space for a company that aims to become the premier brand in mobile telecoms across the world.
In this varied role, the successful candidate can expect to negotiate, draft and review a large variety of commercial legal contracts, including content acquisition, music rights, licenses and other specific commercial contracts. You will work with internal Production and Services teams to ensure the correct servicing of the organisation's technical infrastructure, and to ascertain compliance of content acquisition agreements with the company's commercial interests. You will in effect become the primary legal resource on media and content acquisition, using your strong commercial acumen and decision-making capability. You will play a crucial role in overall digital strategy and be the main point of call for regulatory and legal issues surrounding new digital media.
This role will suit a lawyer with experience with platform and carriage agreements and ideally digital industry knowledge. You will be an excellent commercial contracts negotiator with excellent commercial awareness and communication skills. You will be able to assess commercial and legal risk pertaining to content acquisition and other commercial agreements. Further, you will be able to liaise at senior levels and be adaptable, autonomous and have strong attention to detail.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a forward-thinking, ambitious telecoms entity, with a global vision and the means to achieve that vision. For more information, or to apply, please contact me.
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