Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs

The role of Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs reports to the Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, and is part of a team responsible for providing business and legal affairs services for scripted and unscripted programming, content acquisitions and live entertainment across Versant’s portfolio of television entertainment networks, including USA Network, Oxygen, E! and SYFY. Job Duties:Provide high-level business and legal affairs services during development, production and delivery of original productions, including structuring, negotiating and drafting business and legal terms for production services, co-productions, studio licenses, rights agreements, showrunners, on-camera talent, writers, and other above-the-line personnel.Draft and negotiate agreements for licensing of acquired television series, motion pictures and specials and serve as a business and legal affairs point of contact for content acquisition business partners.Review, analyze and interpret a wide range of production and acquisition-related contracts and provide thoughtful and timely legal advice on potential risks and issues to internal business, production and creative partners. Interface with production service companies during all phases of development and production and advise and collaborate with all key internal departments including creative, production, risk management, intellectual property, labor, and other groups to ensure all chain-of-title, guild, legal (e.g., engagement of minors) and insurance requirements, as well as clearance processes, production contracts and credits are completed in an accurate and timely manner.Provide high-level, timely advice on advertising and marketing materials across Versant networks to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, company policies and key agreements.