Head of Legal & Company Secretary

Head of Legal & Company Secretary 

Leicester

Salary: £70000 - £75000 per year + Competitive salary plus excellent benefits

PPL PRS Ltd is a new joint venture between the UK’s two leading music licensing companies - PPL and PRS for Music. They have joined forces to make it easier for their customers to obtain a music licence for the playing or performance of music in public. PPL PRS Ltd aims to provide the best music licensing experience in the world by keeping things simple for their customers. They are a genuine team, working together, looking out for each other and, most importantly, united for music!

Acting as the principal legal counsel, you will be accountable for legal compliance, providing legal advice to the Company, Board and Executive Team and managing legal services for PPL PRS Ltd. You will advise on general licensing queries: for example, licence and tariff interpretation and licensing policies, and manage the legal aspects of the enforcement of licensing rights against users who are in breach of their licence(s) or who are unlicensed. You will also draft standard licensing terms and related documents, negotiate with other parties concerning disputes and advise on corporate governance.

In addition, you will offer legal advice and support for a wide range of commercial issues, including; data and confidentiality issues and procurement relationships.

As part of your company secretarial duties, you will support Board meetings, ensuring Directors are aware of their legal and fiduciary responsibilities, such as compliance with all statutory/governance obligations and principles of company law and corporate governance.

You will have management responsibility for a paralegal on a day to day basis. You will build strong relations with internal and external solicitors.

The successful candidate will be a UK Qualified Solicitor with relevant post qualification experience gained in private practice and/or through in-house legal experience. It is essential you have a solid understanding of Corporate and Commercial Law and be able to provide an effective company secretarial function to the Board of Directors. Previous IP/ IT/ Media Law experience is desirable. The ideal candidate will have durable communication and strong negotiating/influencing skills, as well as efficient relationship management.

What you’ll get in return:

As well as offering a competitive package, working for PPL PRS Ltd will be enjoyable and a real opportunity for you to maximise your potential. PPL PRS Ltd will invest in your personal and professional development to nurture your ambition and reward performance.

Additional benefits include:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company car allowance
• Corporate yearly membership rate supplied by Puregym (50% discount)
• A fantastic pension scheme with a maximum employer contribution of 9%
• Annual leave of 25 days holiday, on top of the 8 UK bank holidays
• Group Income Protection benefit
• Life Assurance of 4x your annual salary
• Childcare vouchers
• Eyecare vouchers
• £120 annual music voucher

For more information about the role and organisation please contact Radha Ladwa who is the retained consultant working in partnership with PPL PRS.