The Opportunity:
Weâre seeking a talented individual with demonstrated lawyering skills to join Mattelâs expanding global TV practice. This position is located at Mattelâs headquarters in Los Angeles.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Our lead candidates will be attorneys with the following attributes:
- Solution- and client-oriented team player
- Self-starter who works independently but knows when to elevate issues and seek advice from colleagues
- Intellectually curious and eager to develop into well-rounded IP deal lawyer, with a focus on a broad range of entertainment deals
- Attention to detail in all areas of a deal practice, particularly as to technically excellent drafting skills, effectively managing deal cadence and processes, and providing succinct, reliable deal clearance and other advice
While the âsoft skillsâ above are requirements for this position, our ideal candidate will also have relevant substantive experience, with a minimum of 5 yearsâ experience as a transactional attorney and rigorous law firm training and/or in- house experience, with targeted experience that includes the following:
- Complex distribution agreements with domestic and international partners for television content, including, SVOD, AVOD, FAST, and traditional television distribution
- Rights management, including analysis of complex ownership and licensing arrangements and participations, royalties, and other rights-related payment structures
Although the current focus of this role is TV content distribution and rights management, we also welcome experience that includes the following:
- Structuring deals with an eye towards managing brands as franchises
- Content production and development (e.g., option/purchase, writer, director, producer, and other production-related agreements)
- Co-productions, including international partnerships and tax-based financing incentives
- Physical production, including clearances, music, talent, and guilds
- Product and brand integration