Senior Counsel Legal Affairs for IP, Content & Digital Rights

Overview

Job Location

Core Functions

• **IP Portfolio Strategy:**
• Developing a unified global strategy for the acquisition, maintenance, and renewal of trademarks, copyrights, and patents.
• **Digital Rights Governance:**
• Overseeing Digital Rights Management protocols to ensure content is accessed only by authorized users across diverse platforms.
• **Legal Innovation:**
• Adapting corporate policies to address the legalities of AI-generated content, machine learning training sets, and synthetic media.

Key Responsibilities

• **Advisory & Counsel:**
• Serving as the primary legal advisor to the C-Suite on IP risks associated with new product launches and content acquisitions.
• **Complex Negotiations:**
• Drafting and negotiating high-value licensing, merchandising, and distribution agreements with global tech platforms and media partners.
• **Litigation & Enforcement:**
• Managing external counsel in IP infringement cases and supervising investigations into large-scale digital piracy.
• **Policy Advocacy:**
• Representing the organization in industry coalitions to influence digital copyright legislation and international IP standards.
• **Compliance:**
• Ensuring all digital content meets regional regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• **Experience:**
• 10–15 years of experience in media, tech, or entertainment law, with at least 5 years in a senior management capacity.
• **Education:**
• Bachelor’s degree in Law and passed a US bar exam(optional)
• **Technical Proficiency:**
• Advanced understanding of blockchain-based rights tracking, AI licensing frameworks and AI Content Governance, and digital watermarking technologies.
• **Global Expertise:**
• Proven track record of managing IP portfolios across multiple jurisdictions.