ZEE - Manager - Legal/Non Litigation/Contract Drafting/Copyright Law (4-7 yrs)

Manager - Legal/Non Litigation/Contract Drafting/Copyright Law

Key Accountabilities:

- Manage flow of a wide range of agreements including performance releases, sponsorship, consulting, licensing, vendor, marketing, digital services, representation and production contracts.

- Advise teams on various business issues including intellectual property, privacy, content regulation, consumer protection, antitrust/competition laws, litigation, employment, advertising laws and regulations, as well as law enforcement and other related issues.

- Draft, restructure, negotiate and advise on a broad range of commercial contracts including master service agreements, service level agreements/statement of works, addendums, amendments.

- Draft, review and negotiate vendor contracts in line with the company's vendor onboarding framework.

- Draft reply to show cause notices, letters, any communication received from the regulators.

- Collaborate with internal business partners (e.g., creative and production), cross-functional partners (e.g., intellectual property, tax and marketing), and other key partners (e.g., finance) on miscellaneous day-to-day issues that arise across the various shows

- Coordinate, organize, prepare and interpret legal documents, build and maintain relevant databases and files.

- Anticipate and identify legal issues of concern to the Company and proactively develops effective legal strategies and practical solutions; Protect the organization's rights in contract negotiations, settlements, and litigation.

- Maintain database of key legal terms, SLAs and ensure internal compliance.

- Maintain repository of all standard and negotiated contracts, manage workflow, and ensure compliance from draft to delivery.

- Identify legal issues and risks that may affect the business thereby ensuring that the business leadership is properly advised concerning those issues.

- Mitigate compliance risks, implement the legal and regulatory risk compliance program and ensure the business is in compliance with local and international legislation and regulation.

- Lead legal research, analysis, interpreting and advising new laws and regulations to various teams such as content, operations, finance, HR, etc.

- Stay up-to-date on relevant industry, commercial, open source, IP, privacy, employment, and other laws, regulations, and developments to be able to give the most effective advice.