Hybrid Senior Commercial and Compliance Solicitor

at The Premier League

• Job title: Senior Commercial and Compliance Solicitor
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Commercial and Compliance Solicitor at Premier League Studios. Providing legal advice on commercial agreements and compliance issues with a focus on sports media operations.

Responsibilities

• In your role, you will become Premier League Studio’s senior in-house solicitor, forming part of the Premier League’s wider Legal Department.
• Providing advice to the business on a wide range of commercial issues.
• Leading on the drafting, reviewing and negotiating of complex, high-value commercial contracts.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts including supply of service agreements, production services agreements, talent agreements, equipment hire agreements, consultancy agreements, licencing agreements (including music licensing) and other commercial contracts relevant to Premier League Studio’s operations.
• Develop and update precedents and standard form legal documentation (including legal policies, standard terms and conditions and tender documentation) wherever possible.
• Instruct and liaise with external counsel on legal matters as required.
• Responsibility for the implementation and refinement of policies and procedures to ensure efficient and effective contract administration and document management processes.
• Keep abreast of commercial legal developments relevant to the business.
• Provide legal and compliance advice to the business as the subject matter expert on data protection to ensure Premier League Studio’s meets its legal, regulatory and ethical obligations.
• Drafting and advising on data protection-related documentation such as data processing agreements, data sharing agreements and data privacy impact assessments.
• Provide legal and compliance advice to the wider business as they arise on a day-to-day basis including in relation to Ofcom regulations, anti-corruption and bribery, modern slavery and tax evasion.
• Working with the Premier League’s Director of Legal – Commercial and Compliance and Head of Procurement (as appropriate) to implement and maintain Premier League group policies and procedures.
• Promote sound practices compliant with relevant legislation and proactively identify opportunities to improve existing practices.
• Ensure thorough reporting of internal and external risk and compliance issues to the Premier League Studio’s Board and, where appropriate, the Premier League’s General Counsel and Board.
• Keep abreast of legal developments relevant to the business’s compliance obligations.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor of approximately 5-8 years’ post-qualification experience (candidates outside this range with the required skills to be considered).
• Confident, articulate, and personable with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts into a clear and understandable format both orally and in writing to individuals from all levels of the business.
• Sound commercial knowledge and ideally experience working in or with the sports industry and the broadcast production industry.
• Significant experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of complex, high-value commercial agreements and advising on intellectual property matters.
• Significant experience of data protection and other compliance areas.
• Strong knowledge of Ofcom regulations to ensure content compliance.
• Team player, highly organised, solution oriented and an outstanding attention to detail.
• Experience of managing matters autonomously.
• Excellent work ethic and able to cope with pressurised situations and tight timeframes whilst maintaining a professional approach.