Counsel

Job Description

Overview and Responsibilities

MTV Entertainment Group is seeking its next BALA Attorney! Our Business and Legal Affairs Counsel will provide day-to-day legal and business services for the 9 cable channels within the division, with a focus on original movies and limited series scripted programming. This person will handle:
• Performing day-to-day production legal work for scripted programs such as staff writer deals, director deals, on-camera talent, location agreements and various other on the ground production-related documents with the ability to get other production legal experience for unscripted productions and the opportunity for growth into more advance business affairs work;
• Working with a range of departments, including Production, Labor & Employment, Risk Management, and Litigation to implement production policies and procedures;
• Participating in and contributing to deal discussions, and researching business and legal issues;
• Counseling internal clients on a variety of legal matters, including guild/union and labor issues, IP rights, music issues, and providing risk assessment for production-related matters;
• Performing day-to-day legal and business affairs-related tasks as needed and assigned by senior legal executives;

This position is currently remote until it's safe to be back in the office but would eventually need to be either in the Los Angeles ,Nashville or New York office.

Basic Qualifications
• Must be member in good standing of the New York and/or California Bar(s) (or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel designation);
• Minimum of two years of related experience (ideally with business/legal affairs experience in a network, studio, entertainment law firm or production company environment);
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and organizational skills;
• Must multi-task under pressure, handle a varied, high-volume workload efficiently, and operate independently with minimal supervision;
• Build strong internal client relationships and generate strong client satisfaction through quick turnaround and firm decision-making.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbq6px-3-138-114-94-42 in your application.