About the role

  • Maintains current knowledge of substantial range of federal, state, and local laws
  • 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
  • Possesses and maintains knowledge in specialized legal areas
  • Conceives and recommends strategies and tactics in response to legislative and regulatory developments
  • Keeps internal clients fully informed of relevant legal issues
  • Reviews and edits significant guidelines, policies, letters, work orders, and other documents from applicable client departments
  • Manages outside counsel in their representation of ESPN on litigation and other legal service matters
  • May directly supervise, on a non-exclusive basis, one or more Paralegal and Legal Assistant colleagues
  • Recommends and may implement Legal Department policy
  • Operates within the context of defined corporate strategies
  • Translates the analysis and evaluation of trends in ESPN’s legal positioning and compliance into recommended corporate actions
  • Analyzes the legal implications of proposed ventures and current operations

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
  • 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

Benefits

  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered

Job title

Senior Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$174,600 - $225,800 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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