AM/Manager/Sr Manager - Legal - LLB - Media

Position: Asst Manager/ Manager/ Sr. Manager

Location: Mumbai

Department: Legal

Reporting To: Vice President DATE

About The Role:

Context : Lawyer for Channel Programming

Key Responsibilities:

- Commercial contracts: Demonstrated (hands on experience) subject matter knowledge in structuring, drafting, negotiating and closing all types of transactions;

- IPR related contracts including production agreements, format agreements, syndication agreements, artists/talent agreements, marketing agreements, event management agreements, terms and conditions for various contests related to programmes or otherwise, marketing & promotional initiatives.

- Contracts related to acquisition contracts, procurement & ancillary agreements

- Building contract and compliance checklist and processes

- Research and analysis of various policies, amendments, bills, consultation papers, notifications, on corporate law matters.

Performance Measures:

- Timeline adherence for assignments handled

- Multitasking

- Ability to coordinate across various functions to ensure completion and compliance.

- Providing sound and practical legal advice pertaining to all corporate and contractual issues,inter alia, under contract law, IPR laws, etc.

Qualification:

- LLB from a Premier Law College. LLM from a reputed University would be a plus but not a must.

- Preferably in Telecom, IT, ISP or Broadcasting Sector.

Knowledge And Skills:

- Providing sound and practical legal advice pertaining to corporate and commercial legal issues.

- A good understanding and application of Intellectual Property Laws such as the Copyright Act & Rules & the Trade Marks Act and rules. Knowledge of ISP, E-commerce, Digital Media, Legal, Regulatory matters would be a plus.

- A reasonable understanding of procedural laws such as CPC, CrPC, and also substantive laws such as IPC, and other economic offenses statutes.

- Experience in drafting, negotiating digital rights and technology contracts, understanding of the regulatory regime in distribution and ad sales would be a plus.

- Demonstrated (hands on experience) in contract drafting, good negotiation, and execution skills i.e., ability to draft, negotiate and close transactions independently with minimal supervision

- Should have excellent research, analytical skills and should be able to exercise judgment and discretion to opine on compliance/ legal issues effectively.

Personal Attributes: (Leadership requirement to be mentioned if applicable)

- Good organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively within a team and a fast-paced dynamic business environment

- Excellent communications skills and the ability to communicate legal issues and solutions in an articulate, precise and effective manner

- Ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment.

- Good team player

- Ability to travel at short notice outside Mumbai - both in India and overseas. Should be open to intra-group company transfer.

- Leverages business understanding / functional expertise to deliver value to customer

- Anticipates potential barriers and develops alternate strategies; formulates an informed action plan to solve the problem

- Strong communication skills and good command over English (both oral and written) and the ability to interface with people across all levels in the organization.

- Pleasing personality is a must.