The Walt Disney Company

Senior Counsel

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bristol • California • Connecticut • United States

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Salary

💰 $174,600 - $225,800 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Maintains current knowledge of substantial range of federal, state, and local laws and of legislative and regulatory developments, analyzes how these might impact ESPN, and conceives and recommends compliance actions
  • Serves as primary Legal Department representative for assigned ESPN departments or categories
  • Drafts contracts and other legal documents, recommends approval/modification of contracts proposed by outside parties, and negotiates with outside parties
  • Possesses and maintains knowledge in specialized legal areas, including emerging trends, specifically in connection with content; intellectual property; marketing and promotion; and/or digital media and platforms
  • Conceives and recommends strategies and tactics in response to legislative and regulatory developments and other events or anticipated actions
  • Keeps internal clients informed of relevant legal issues and implications of their current operations and proposed actions, and, advises them accordingly of risks and legal consequences of alternative actions
  • Reviews and edits significant guidelines, policies, letters, work orders, and other documents from applicable client departments to ensure that legal implications are appropriately handled
  • Manages outside counsel in their representation of ESPN on litigation and other legal service matters and analyzes the approach and effectiveness of such outside counsel
  • May directly supervise one or more Paralegal and Legal Assistant colleagues, and may supervise individual projects of Counsel(s)
  • Recommends and may implement Legal Department policy at the direction of General Counsel, Chief Counsel and Lead Counsel
  • Operates within the context of defined corporate strategies
  • Recommends and implements enhancements and improvements to established processes and workflows
  • Translates corporate strategy into mid- and long-term goals
  • Analyzes the legal implications of proposed ventures and current operations and proposed actions of internal clients.
  • Guides or participates in the management of client organizations in the interpretation of complex information.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 5 years relevant experience, including extensive drafting, in a transactional IP practice at a law firm, network/studio, sports league, agency, and/or other in-house legal department
  • A strong understanding of content agreement negotiating (including audiovisual programming, licensing, and production agreements), intellectual property law (copyright, trademark, rights of publicity), and scripted or unscripted original content acquisitions and production, including audio/visual and music clearances, guild related matters, and/or talent negotiations
  • Familiarity with entertainment, broadcast/cable, internet, mobile, direct-to-consumer, social and other digital media and/or sports businesses
  • Excellent interpersonal, written/verbal communication, and analytical skills
  • Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills with the ability to work under tight deadlines and execute efficiently against multiple, high-priority and high-volume projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Exceptional ability to respond to and interact with creative and business executives at all levels of seniority in a manner that is personable and professional
  • Exceptional facility with spotting issues, assessing and communicating risks, making common-sense decisions, and finding flexible/creative solutions to achieve business goals.
Benefits
  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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