Counsel, Legal, Commercial Partnerships in London

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are… When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next… From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role... The person fulfilling this role is responsible for providing Legal support for all commercial aspects of WBD's business, with a focus on markets within the EMEA region, as well as additional support for other territories, as required.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Drafting and negotiating bespoke agreements relating to commercial partnerships in relevant territories, specifically as they relate to the distribution of WBD channels and streaming services, as well as all advertising and sponsorship.
• Provide legal advice and support to local teams on contractual rights and remedies relating to distribution agreements and commercial partnerships generally.
• Provide on-going general business and legal advice to internal clients.
• Key Legal point person for all legal issues impacting relevant territories and liaising with colleagues from other/specialist areas of the Legal team as appropriate.
• Supporting strategic initiatives in relevant territories, notably JVs and other strategic partnerships.
• Advising on, coordinating and, where applicable, supervising external counsel on, key litigation disputes and enforcement policies (e.g., bad debt, piracy).
• Support lawyer on certain key regional and international deals.

Qualification & Experience...

• Technically very proficient lawyer – needs to have excellent understanding of regulatory, contract law, consumer and data protection law, IP/IT and corporate law and excellent drafting skills.
• Must be UK (or comparable jurisdiction) qualified lawyer, excellent academics; training and experience at top law firm an advantage.
• Ability to work autonomously on complex deals and to own key internal commercial relationships.
• Negotiation skills – to deliver both proper legal protection to the company and excellent commercial results.
• Clear and concise communicator (both orally and written) – ability to present and distil legally complex issues into legally compliant but practical and commercial solutions, in a way that engages the key stakeholders.
• Flexible and pro-active approach to work, including a recognition that some work may be needed to support key deals out of usual working hours.

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done… This last bit is probably the most important. Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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