Legal Counsel, Production

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Legal and Business Affairs, Spain, the Counsel role will support the production activities of two Warner Bros. Discovery companies: 1) Original Programming, Max Spain; and 2) Local Film Production, Warner Bros.

Your Role Accountabilities…
• Researching and preparing reports on copyright, image rights and other legal matters.
• Reviewing underlying rights and other production and development agreements and preparing reports thereon.
• Drafting, including initial drafts and amendments to development, production and distribution agreements, including format options and licenses, book option agreements, development and co-development agreements, scriptwriter agreements, production commissioning agreements, production services agreements, co-production agreements, and agreements with international distributors for the distribution of original programming for Max and local film production for Warner Bros.
• Reviewing and commenting on a variety of agreements related to day-to-day production work, including agreements for the services of directors, actors, crew, locations, facilities and suppliers.
• Day-to-day monitoring of ongoing productions, including contact with production companies, assisting with regular queries relating to rights and restrictions.
• Reviewing union agreements relating to the services of actors, creators, writers and crew in the region, including familiarization with the relevant collective agreements.
• Arranging execution and filing of contracts. Management of data capture sheets and other rights' management systems.
• Assisting with clearance work, including reviewing scripts, rough cuts and advising on the clearance of intellectual property included in programmes.
• Familiarization with, and providing advice on, subsidies, tax rebates and other incentives, assisting in the assessment of security, completion bonds, compliance matters, insurances and company data.
• Work as needed for the review and approval of the legal delivery relating to production contracts.
• General assistance to the Original Programming and Local Theatrical Production teams, and to the wider legal team, as needed.

Qualifications & Experience…
• University Degree and fully qualified in Spain.
• Ideally, some media sector experience gained in-house or in a media-focused practice.
• Evidenced interest in intellectual property/copyright/media law.
• Some hands-on experience of the types of contracts and agreements handled in the role is preferable.
• Ability to work in English and Spanish is essential.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r166yv-3-144-251-225-42 in your application.