Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs
Paramount
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Los Angeles • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $195,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and/or assist in the drafting of a wide range of complex agreements essential to scripted television
- Provide timely, practical and strategic legal advice to Development, Production, and Finance teams regarding legal risks, rights analysis, chain-of-title, intellectual property, clearances, and guild/union compliance
- Develop and implement best practices, forms, and legal policies to increase efficiency and maintain a high standard of legal compliance across studio operations
Requirements
- 8+ years' experience drafting and/or negotiating a wide range of commercial transactional documents and contracts on scripted television development and production
- Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school
- California Bar Membership (in good standing) or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in California
- Working knowledge of major WGA, DGA, and SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreements
- Extensive experience with intellectual property law (copyright and trademark)
- Exemplary drafting and/or negotiation skills with high attention to detail
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k) plan
- life insurance coverage
- disability benefits
- tuition assistance program
- PTO
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
drafting agreementsnegotiating contractsintellectual property lawrights analysischain-of-titlelegal complianceclearancesguild complianceunion compliancecommercial transactional documents
Soft Skills
strategic legal adviceattention to detailefficiency improvementbest practices development
Certifications
Juris Doctorate (J.D.)California Bar Membership