Legal Counsel Business Legal Affairs Manager

Are you a lawyer with a passion for music and experience in music licensing copyright law contract law or related fields If this sounds like you lets chat!

As a hybrid between media and tech company we help artists and labels to monetize and distribute their content on UGC platforms such as YouTube and streaming services such as Spotify. With our proprietary and unique technology and our stellar team we administer 200000 copyrighted works and have paid over 10 million USD to rights holders.

Tasks

In this role you will be responsible for a wide range of legal matters. You will work closely with our Founder & CEO and our leadership team to ensure all legal matters of the company are taken care of diligently. As a music licensing company legal affairs is a profit center for us and is prioritized accordingly.

Your daytoday tasks will include:

• Structuring and drafting a variety of complex deals including distribution agreements recording contracts publishing agreements and other innovative deals as required by our business needs including general commercial matters
• Handling legal disputes and claims until resolution primarily in copyright infringement matters
• Conducting negotiations with opposing counsel artist management digital service providers collective management organizations and other licensees and licensors ensuring successful deal closures
• Preparing legal documents such as cease and desist letters indemnification letters tolling agreements settlement agreements etc.

Requirements

• Extensive practical or academic experience in intellectual property (copyright and related rights) and handling international legal matters
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills
• Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadlines
• A structured organized and reliable working style
• Experience working as part of a team and in an international environment
• Full working proficiency in English

Its a bonus if you have:

• Sophisticated understanding of and experience with international music business for example at a music label music publishing company music distributor or performance rights organization
• Full working proficiency in other languages especially German
• Excellent business judgment and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent entrepreneurial and creative thinking skills

Who were looking for:

• High Energy: You are motivated and dont procrastinate but are thriving when making real impact. You look for ways to help beyond your formal job responsibilities. We have a lot of work ahead.
• Thrive in Ambiguity: Our product evolves every day. Youre ready to improve and build new processes and workflows along the way.
• Passion: You strive to become an expert in your profession are ambitious and think outside the box. Youre willing to go the extra mile to reach those goals.
• Sense of Urgency: Were moving fast. Decisions are probably made quicker than youre used to. You are ready to match our speed.

Benefits

• Clear Path for Growth: We are growing quickly and your responsibilities and benefits will grow together with the company.
• Real Impact: Our product is already one of the most relevant revenue streams for our independent artists and creators. Your work will have real impact from day one.
• Exciting Product: Our value proposition is unique and the reason why >90% of leads decide to work with us.
• Mentoring: Were bootstrapped profitable and in this for the long run. You will grow together with us while learning from and working with the best.
• Freedom & Flexibility: As a remotefirst company we empower our team to work from wherever they want whenever they want.

If youve read that far we should definitely get to know each other! Please reach out through our application platform ().