Associate Counsel/Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs
Join our NBCUniversal EPIC Legal Team! EPIC symbolizes key foundational principles as we strive to be extraordinary partners to our businesses in an evolving environment. Here at NBCU Legal, we are Expert Partners who provide Inspiring and Creative solutions to our clients. We are subject-matter experts who collaborate with our legal colleagues and clients to guide, solve and push for our collective success. We inspire by bringing optimism and positivity to our work, and apply strategic and innovative thinking to support our businesses. Role Purpose The role of Associate Counsel/Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs will serve as a legal point of contact, provide legal support and meaningfully contribute to key business decisions with respect to all aspects of content acquisition by NBCUniversal’s broad portfolio of television entertainment networks (NBC, USA, Bravo, Syfy, E!, Oxygen and Universal Kids) and our dynamic streaming service Peacock – including a wide range of issues relating to the distribution and licensing of film, television, news, sports, live events and original programming. Job Duties Independently draft, review, negotiate and interpret a range of licensing agreements and other legal documents Provide timely and thorough legal advice on and analysis of potential risks and issues, as well as propose practical, responsive solutions Identify and implement improvements to forms and processes Partner with NBCUniversal business executives, as well as colleagues across the Acquisitions, Finance, Marketing, Product, Legal and other departments, to discuss and implement best practices and formulate new processes in connection with business needs Other matters as needed at the direction of the division’s General Counsel and its Senior Vice President