Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GoDigital Music is a multinational conglomerate focused on music, entertainment, and sports, seeking a Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs to serve as the primary in-house legal resource. The role involves advising executive leadership, leading complex transactions, and establishing legal frameworks to maximize the company's intellectual property assets.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary in-house legal voice for GoDigital Music across all four business divisions: recording, publishing, distribution, and catalog
• Draft and negotiate complex agreements involving revenue-sharing arrangements, minimum guarantees, advances, recoupment mechanics, and royalty structures within music distribution and rights-based transactions
• Lead due diligence efforts related to music catalog acquisitions and rights-based transactions, including analysis of revenue streams, contractual obligations, and asset performance
• Work closely with finance and executive leadership to assess deal structures, evaluate risk, and ensure alignment between legal frameworks and business objectives
• Develop and implement strategies that protect and maximize the commercial value of GoDigital Music's intellectual property assets
• Establish scalable legal frameworks that support transaction execution and financial risk mitigation across all business operations
• Advise on compliance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations
• Collaborate with external legal counsel on litigation strategy, document review, and dispute resolution
• Maintain awareness of evolving practices in music rights, digital distribution, and deal structuring

Skills

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited US law school
• Active Bar admission in the relevant jurisdiction
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the music industry with direct involvement in music distribution, recording agreements, publishing deals, and catalog acquisitions
• Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions involving music rights, catalog acquisitions, or structured commercial deals, from deal structuring through closing
• Deep understanding of deal economics including advance structures, recoupment mechanics, minimum guarantees, revenue-sharing arrangements, and financial covenants relevant to music distribution and catalog transactions
• Ability to work alongside finance leadership on deal profitability assessment and risk management
• Experience operating as a primary in-house legal resource or General Counsel with limited support staff, exercising independent judgment across a broad range of legal matters
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off
• Ability to work 100% remotely
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Tax deferred retirement plans
• Access to experts in preventative care
• Access to GDMG University which is our internal training program that is hosted by entertainment, music, and other industry leaders
• Company events/excursions

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