Senior Media Lawyer – Commercial Partnerships
BT Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Act as the BT Legal lead on complex commercial media matters, providing timely, high‑quality legal support and advice across TV, Digital Media, Sport, General Entertainment, Music and Sponsorship.
- Advise on complex bids, TV channel carriage and app partnership deals, rights acquisitions, in‑life deal management and partnering, joint ventures, influencer and talent agreements, strategy, disputes and procurement.
- Draft, review and negotiate high‑value commercial contracts with minimal supervision, ensuring agreed commercial terms are accurately reflected and legal risk is appropriately managed.
- Keep the Media Principal Lawyer, the Legal Director (Commercial Partnerships) and the GC Consumer updated on key legal risks, opportunities and other relevant strategic matters.
- Manage a diverse portfolio of TV and media deals from initial term sheet through to execution, ensuring timely and commercially focused outcomes.
- Ensure all agreements comply with applicable laws, regulations and industry standards relating to TV and media distribution.
- Mentor and provide day‑to‑day supervision to a junior lawyer, supporting their development and maintaining high‑quality legal output.
- Work closely with internal teams in London — including commercial, product and finance — to ensure legal input is aligned with business objectives.
- Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of template agreements, playbooks and processes to enhance consistency and efficiency across TV partnership contracts.
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor with significant post‑qualification experience (typically 5+ years PQE) as a media/TV lawyer.
- Strong knowledge of technology, the media industry and the UK audiovisual landscape.
- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex TV/content distribution agreements (e.g., app distribution or channel carriage deals).
- Strong background working with major broadcasters and/or TV/film content platforms.
- Deep understanding of Consumer’s business objectives, processes, systems and the relevant legal and regulatory framework.
- Proven ability to work autonomously on high‑value, complex deals while providing clear, commercially focused legal advice.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence in negotiations involving senior stakeholders and external partners.
- Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers, providing practical guidance and support.
Benefits
- Annual on-target bonus 15% (personal and company multipliers can be overachieved)
- Car allowance - worth £5500 a year (can be taken as cash)
- Private healthcare for you and your family
- 10% BT pension contribution when you pay in 5%
- Life assurance
- Direct share scheme
- Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
- 50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans, and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
- My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
- Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
- Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service, with buy holiday option
- Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
- Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract draftingcontract negotiationlegal risk managementdeal managementrights acquisitioninfluencer agreementstalent agreementscommercial contractsTV/content distribution agreementsapp distribution
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsnegotiation skillsmentoringautonomycommercial focusstrategic thinkingteam collaborationsupervisionguidance
Certifications
qualified solicitor