In-House Paralegal - European languages essential - Media

Our client is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. They are currently seeking a French, German, Italian or Spanish speaking Paralegal to join their legal function.

The Candidate

• The Paralegal will be based in London and provide Legal and office support to the EMEA Consumer Products merchandising and licensing Legal Team as well as its European overseas offices.
• This role would suit a Law Graduate who has completed the LPC and has experience working in-house or in a Law firm. He/ she will have studied intellectual property law and preferably have experience in licensing.
• Fluency and business confidence corresponding in European languages is desired.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing English language draft license agreements, amendments and other Legal documents from existing templates
• Circulating agreements to all parties and acting as a first point of contact for any changes required
• Corresponding with our overseas offices and Licensees in local language
• Filtering comments to facilitate answers to queries across all internal departments
• Preparing and circulating redlines based on changes required by the business
• Ability to maintain independent workload and support lawyers when required
• General Legal administrative duties, compiling signatures and maintaining filing systems
• Drafting cover letters and correspondence
• Maintaining and coordinating between the Legal team and business partners with regard to the workflow, tracking, and Legal delivery of documentation
• Contract status follow-ups with licensees, agents and category teams
• Conducting legal research
• Additional duties and projects as assigned

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Completion of the LPC, having achieved a commendation or distinction
• Completion of an intellectual property law module at University or LPC, and ideally prior experience in licensing
• Experience working within a commercial or intellectual property team of a law firm as a paralegal or in-house experience at a major studio, distributor, production company, broadcaster or equivalent
• Highly organised and efficient with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with a range of personalities, and establish effective relationships internally and externally
• Friendly, approachable and confident manner with a flexible can do attitude
• Proactive and responsible team player, taking pride in the role
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment with a diverse and often heavy workload.
• Ability to identify, prioritise and manage urgent work assignments, and manage expectations in respect of other tasks.
• Strong academic background.
• Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise.
• An enthusiasm for the entertainment industry and film in particular.