Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Working Title - Film & TV

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Film and TV Development: Negotiate and conclude high level commercial deal terms with (a) UK, US and other international agents and lawyers for talent and rights and (b) financiers and commissioners for film and TV development Manage internal approvals prior to offers going out and during negotiations Liaising with WT’s home studios (UP for film and UIS/USG for TV) Draft, or delegate drafting to VP Legal/Manager BALA/Associate Legal Counsel or outside counsel (as and where appropriate), a wide range of agreements including commissioning/financing agreements, option/purchase agreements (and option/quitclaim agreements), writer agreements, director agreements, producer agreements, copyright assignment agreements, novation agreements, licence agreements, services agreements and acting agreements. Manage co-development and co-production deals and drafting (or delegating the drafting of) corresponding agreements. Film and TV pre-production/production/post-production: Assist Head of CA/BALA with managing all Business Affairs and Legal responsibilities and tasks on productions and managing projects from conception (in development) continuing through to and until pre-production, production, post-production and delivery. Negotiate lead and above the line talent deals, liaise with UK and US agents and lawyers. Draft and/or delegate drafting of above the line agreements – manage the negotiations with talent representatives of such agreements. Have ability to construct financial and formal offers/proposals with varying financial structures for different talent including, without limitation, fixed compensation, contingent compensation and deferments. Manage internal approvals and making of offers to talent representatives or other service providers. In conjunction with VP Legal, liaise and manage external production counsel’s role on productions. Liaise with different divisions of the Studio to obtain answers to BA/legal/production/finance queries e.g. Labor Relations, Risk Management, Tax, Data Privacy Departments. Oversee and manage VP Legal and Manager BALA. Approving and signing off on deal summaries, budget charges information and invoices. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: Production Meetings: BA/Legal representative in regular production meetings where required. Creative Meetings: BA/Legal representative in regular internal Creative meetings where required. US Liaison: liaising with Universal Pictures and USG’s US BA/Legal team to support WT’s US deals. Supervision of Junior Team Members: Provide ongoing training and guidance to junior team members. Support other WT Departments: Senior BA/Legal contact for Production, Creative and Finance teams.