Counsel, Legal, Commercial Partnerships

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Who We Are

When we say the stuff dreams are made of were not just referring to the world of wizards dragons and superheroes or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBDs 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 whats 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 WBDs business with a focus on markets within the EMEA region as well as additional support for other territories as required. Specific areas of responsibility are as follows:

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.

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 at 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.

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