Hybrid Senior Counsel

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Senior Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $174,600 - $225,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Senior Counsel advising ESPN on legal affairs involving content acquisitions and production. Collaborating with legal teams to navigate complex regulations in the media landscape.

Responsibilities

• 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