legal counsel
- Recruiter
- Barclay Simpson
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater) (GB)
- Salary
- Up to £100,000 depending on experience
- Posted
- 14 Nov 2019
- Closes
- 12 Dec 2019
- Ref
- 171325/rg
- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Company/Commercial
- Experience Level
- Mid Level, Senior Level
A global events and talent management company are seeking a robust commercial lawyer for a role within their legal team based in London. This role will provide support to the firms fashion representation divisions. This will be a very varied role which will involve dealing with stakeholders across a multitude of areas.
Responsibilities will include:
- Negotiating and managing agreements and contracts for models, photographers, stylists editorial and runway work, personal appearances and image-rights deals
- You will give legal support to the business on issues such as advertising-law matters, guild compliance and laws relating to child performers
- You will work with internal and external counsel on litigation matters
- You will manage and develop a team of three junior lawyer
As a qualified lawyer with at least 5 years PQE you will be a UK qualified lawyer with training from a reputable private practice law firm. You will have a strong commercial contracts background, ideally with exposure to media or fashion and. Ideally you will also have knowledge of commercial intellectual property law and rights licensing issues. It would be very helpful if you had previous in-house experience. The role will require dealing with robust stakeholders so a strong personality is key.
For more information please contact Rebecca Garland via rg@barclaysimpson.com