Counsel - Business & Legal Affairs, UK Scripted Series at Netflix

The Opportunity

The UK is firmly established as an important country for originating and producing shows loved by its members across the world including The Crown, Bridgerton, The Gentlemen, Heartstopper and Adolescence. 

Netflix’s UK Scripted Series business & legal affairs team is seeking an experienced Business and Legal Affairs person to join the London based team responsible for supporting Netflix scripted series commissioned and/or produced in the UK.  

The Netflix culture attracts individuals who exhibit good judgment, innovation, selflessness, courage, impact, candid communication, passion and curiosity.  The Netflix culture is the foundation of how we work.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Working both as lead and/or alongside other BLA team members on a wide range of business and legal affairs matters during the life cycle of a scripted series
• Commercially negotiating and drafting development and commissioning agreements with third party production companies
• Commercially negotiating and drafting talent agreements including writer, director, producer and cast agreements
• Drafting and commercially negotiating and/or reviewing underlying rights agreements and advising on any commercial/legal issues arising from chain of title review
• Working with production teams to ensure legal paperwork is in compliance with Netflix requirements and to assist in any production related queries that arise
• Working alongside third party production companies
• Seeking and analysing specialist advice from a variety of internal legal teams
• Liaising with cross functional teams to ensure alignment and efficient information flow

Candidate Profile:

• 6 years of relevant experience in a media law firm, film or television production company or broadcaster and ideally English law qualified
• Working knowledge of the UK television production landscape, industry norms and union agreements (including differences between US and UK guilds)
• Experience leading deal negotiations and drafting  contracts with some or all of the following: rights acquisition, writers, directors, cast, producers, production partners or broadcasters
• 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, resilience  and willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise
• Commitment to embrace and advocate for inclusion.