Commercial IP/ New Media Lawyer

We are keen to appoint an experienced commercial lawyer, to join the media group within our broader IP Department. The media group is at the heart of our sector-focused, cross departmental UK media team comprising 10 partners and 6 other fee earners. The team also has links with additional lawyers in our German, French, Spanish and Italian offices. The position is based within the commercial and regulatory part of the group, currently comprising 2 partners and 2 other fee earners.
The media group handles commercial transactions, regulatory advice, corporate transactions and dispute resolution in the broadcast, television production and distribution, film, publishing, music and new media sectors. The group serves a variety of very prominent clients including BBC, Fox, MTV, Disney, ITV, Freesat, Orange, Zonemedia, Apple and Warner Brothers amongst others.
The role will involve working closely with the partners in the commercial, regulatory and corporate parts of the media team on high profile and newsworthy transactions and on cutting-edge advisory work.
Field Fisher Waterhouse is recognised by Legal 500 as being one of the top firms in the UK for media work. In addition, the successful candidate will join a friendly and dynamic group, dealing with an interesting mix of work. This is a great opportunity to work with a practice that is a leader in its field and to work in a role that offers a genuine opportunity to progress.
Key Responsibilities
Working closely with the partners and involving high levels of direct client contact, the work is likely to include:
• strategic commercial transactional and advisory work
• commercial agreements relating to corporate media transactions principally in the broadcast and new media sectors
• complex media rights licensing
• regulatory advice
• channel management, distribution and sales agency arrangements
• co-production, distribution and financing agreements
• new media and other content distribution arrangements

Skills / Experience Required
The successful candidates must be UK qualified and have:
• minimum of a 2.1 (or equivalent) from a good university;
• exceptional UK media sector experience, demonstrating a real understanding of the legal needs, operations and economics of the sector, gained within a first class media law practice;
• proven project and time management skills;
• a confident and professional manner;
• the ability to draft and amend reasonably complex documents, seeking input from colleagues on more technical matters;
• the ability to instruct junior colleagues.

In addition, experience of film finance would be desirable.

Other Information
The successful candidates will be expected to participate fully in marketing and business development initiatives.

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