Legal & Business Affairs Manager

Job Description

Opportunity to join a busy Legal & Business Affairs team at a leading major music publisher. We service all the UMPG UK departments including A&R, Film & TV/Sync, Administration and Production Music. One of two Legal & Business Affairs Managers, and reporting to VP, Legal & Business Affairs UK, you will be a key member of the team and will be in the front line, interacting and building relationships with artist and writer representatives as well as the UK A&R team. You’ll deal with the full spectrum of legal and business affairs matters and be point person on negotiations and writer deal closings.

Skills & Experience

Be meticulous
• Negotiating, drafting and re-negotiating agreements with songwriters and rights owners for UMP UK and UPPM, and dealing with writers’ managers and advisers in relation to all such matters
• Advising and dealing with all legal & contractual matters (including some contentious aspects) relating to UMPG’s repertoire

Be commercial/ knowledgeable
• Assisting with any major transactions undertaken by UMPG including any acquisitions or divestments of repertoire

Be collaborative
• Building and maintaining excellent business and professional relationships, both across UMPG and within UMG and the wider music industry (including the legal community)

Personal Specification

Necessary
• Qualified lawyer with professional legal qualification (or equivalent)
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to provide pragmatic commercial and legal advice to varied internal client base (A&R, creative/sync, finance, senior management, production music, administration)
• Excellent drafting skills
• Confident working independently using own initiative while being prepared to take guidance on appropriate matters
• Excellent team player; organised and able to work quickly without losing attention to detail
• Ability to quickly access, prioritise and act with a creative and flexible outlook
• Integrity – able to look after the interests of the company while building effective working relationships with colleagues and outside contacts (including writer lawyers and management) gaining their trust & respect
• Strong interest in music and the music business, ideally with professional experience of the same

Your Benefits
• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know…

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5bk9z-3-137-142-60-42 in your application.