Legal Counsel

LEGAL COUNSEL

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS & DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER, NBCUNIVERSAL

Location: London, UK

Reporting to: Senior Legal Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs, London

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS & DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER (DTC) GROUP

As one of the world’s premier entertainment portfolios, NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer delivers quality content and compelling brands to over 160 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Delivering a full range of entertainment experiences to local audiences across the globe, the unique brands include Universal TV, Sci-Fi, 13th Street, DIVA, Studio Universal, Telemundo, Bravo and DreamWorks. Universal+ (a hybrid linear and non-linear service) aggregates the group’s brands on affiliate platforms, offering subscribers both live programming and an extensive range of compelling VOD content, including territory premieres and boxsets, available all in one place.

NBCU’s direct-to-consumer activity outside the US includes Hayu, the all-reality SVOD service available in 45 territories – including the UK, Canada and across Europe and Asia Pacific.

Overview

A permanent full-time position for a junior/mid-level lawyer in a friendly, collaborative team covering a varied workload.

As well as being part of the dynamic International Networks & DTC business in EMEA (covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa), you will be part of an international legal community with access to a wide range of in-house training and development opportunities, events and knowledge-sharing resources.

Responsibilities

This role will support a broad range of our internal client teams, including Commercial, Programming, Ad Sales, Marketing and Creative, Technical Operations and International Media Distribution (IMD), and will involve:

• Advising the Marketing and Creative teams on marketing campaigns, promotions and productions, and drafting agreements to engage creative agencies and competition terms and conditions.
• Negotiating and drafting of agreements for the distribution of NBCU‘s portfolio of entertainment and news channels, direct-to-consumer offerings and brands across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
• Negotiating and drafting of content acquisition, advertising and sponsorship agreements.
• Advising the Technical Operations team and assisting with drafting technical services agreements and statements of work.
• Supporting a senior lawyer in advising the IMD business representing third-party foreign language channels for distribution into the US.
• Advising the business on compliance matters, as well as keeping up to date with key legislative and regulatory developments in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, including on copyright, AI and advertising.
• Working closely with NBCU’s specialist IP, Litigation, Privacy and Employment lawyers where needed.

The responsibilities may be modified at any time and may include supervision and training of junior staff.

ABOUT YOU

The position requires a professional and motivated person who:

• is a team player with a can-do attitude;
• has excellent drafting and communication skills, great accuracy and attention to detail;
• proactively manages a broad range of open matters and is able to prioritise in order to meet deadlines;
• has flexibility in their approach and good problem-solving and interpersonal skills;
• has a willingness to share knowledge to support learning and development in the wider team;
• is able to demonstrate an understanding of, or interest in, using AI to improve efficiency within individual and team workstreams.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Qualified to practise law in the UK preferred (other jurisdictions considered) with 0-4 years’ post-qualification experience or equivalent.
• Commercial, IP or transactional corporate experience, either in private practice or in-house, is desirable, but candidates who can demonstrate solid negotiation/drafting experience and an ability to pick up new areas of law quickly will also be considered favourably.
• Able to demonstrate an interest in the media industry and legal issues related to it.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].