Senior Manager / Principal Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs, Non Fiction UK

Netflix is looking for an individual to join as Principal Counsel/Senior Manager in its London based UK Non-Fiction Business & Legal Affairs team on a permanent basis. This team is responsible for the development, acquisition and/or commissioning of Netflix's documentary and unscripted series and films (e.g. American Nightmare, At Home with the Fury's, Beckham, Robbie Williams, Wham, Man with 1000 Kids, Squid Game: The Challenge ) from UK production companies. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the team, working closely with 4 other UK based non-fiction lawyers and a coordinator, as well as US-based colleagues, on a wide range of non-fiction series and films. The Non-Fiction BLA team is part of a wider UK Business & Legal Affairs team, including those specialising in scripted series and feature film. Core Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Working both as sole lead and/or alongside other team members on a wide range of business and legal affairs matters throughout the life cycle of a Non-Fiction project, mainly focusing on documentary series
• Commercially negotiating and drafting development and commissioning agreements with third party production companies
• Working closely and collaboratively with production companies to ensure legal paperwork is in compliance with Netflix requirements and to assist in any production related queries that arise
• Reviewing talent agreements including presenter, contributor, producer, director and/or voice over agreements
• Reviewing underlying rights and access agreements
• Overseeing production legal and clearance issues on a variety of third party productions
• Seeking and analysing specialist advice from a variety of internal legal teams
• Regularly liaising with a wide range of cross functional teams to ensure alignment and efficient information flow, including in particular the Content, Production Management, Finance, Marketing, PR and Policy teams
• Assisting with the review, creation and/or maintenance of forms/precedents
  
  8+ years of relevant documentary and/or unscripted experience (ideally both) in a television production company, broadcaster or media law firm and ideally English law qualified
• Working knowledge of the UK television production landscape and industry norms
• Experience drafting and/or negotiating contracts including some or all of the following: development, commissioning, licensing, access, talent and other production agreements/forms
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable counseling business partners and making decisions that have both legal and business impacts
• Strong analytical capabilities and judgment
• Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented
• Curiosity and willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise
• Commitment to embrace and advocate for inclusion (https://jobs.netflix.com/inclusion) .
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