Associate - Legal

Legal
- 1003

**Position**: Associate
- Legal

**Reporting into**: Senior Associate - Legal

**Business/Function**: Legal and S&P

**Location**:Mumbai (Work from Office)

**Purpose of the role**:
We are looking for a talented lawyer to support our dynamic, aggressive and fast paced work environment digital business of Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (_formerly known as Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited)_.

**Key Result Areas**:
The role demands for the lawyer to wear different hats and be responsible for a diverse range of licensing, commissioning, underlying works, technology, partnership, bundling, sales, gaming, marketing, regulatory and pre-litigation aspects with key focus on data protection. In order to achieve the foregoing mentioned tasks, the relevant lawyer would be required to work closely with the Commercial and Business teams, respectively and provide constant support in the best interest of the organisation.

**Job Profile**:
Digital:

- Handling documentations and negotiations pertaining to:

- Licensing (in & out);
- Content and app distribution;
- Subscriptions (wallets, bundling, coupons, etc.);
- OEMs;
- Payment gateways;
- Production - Commissioning, co-production, and underlying works;
- Due diligences;
- Gaming;
- Information Technology;
- Sales (direct, volume discounts, etc.);
- Marketing;
- Several ancillary services.
- Advising the business team on various Legal and Commercial issues pertaining to the transactions in terms of, rights procurement, embargos on monetization, scope of intellectual property and other contractual rights and obligations.
- Deployment of appropriate processes and practices in line with industry best practices and for streamlining the business.
- Pre-litigation documentations such as notices and responses to notices pertaining to LIV.
- Preparation of submissions to draft rules & bills, policy papers, consultation papers, etc., issued by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) (OTT related), etc.
- Advising various teams on data privacy compliances pertaining to LIV.
- Assist in collaborating with Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation (IBDF), Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and other independent bodies.

**Educational & Work Experiences / Key Requirements**:

- LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a recognized university in India. PQE of
- years of legal experience (with several years of experience at leading global law firm(s) and/or in-house at a major multinational corporations), preferably with some portion of that experience in commercial transactions and intellectual property issues.
- years in the Media & Entertainment Industry (more specifically in the OTT space).

**Critical Competencies: Behavioural**
- Strategic thinker balanced with a grasp of details. Must possess the ability to switch between execution and strategy mode most effortlessly.
- Ability to prioritize and cope with competing demands. Must possess a sense of urgency and excellent execution and project management skills.
- Passion for results and excellence.
- Must be able to get the job done by working collaboratively with others.

**Critical Competencies: Technical**
- Should have knowledge of the media rights.
- Ability to understand the digital business.
- Good presentation skills and must be well versed with technology and processes.

**Other Personal Characteristics**:

- Straightforward, professional and polished.
- Team player.
- Excellent communicator.
- A do-it-yourself orientation, consistent with the company’s “roll-up the-sleeves” culture
- Keep the team abreast with the legal developments pertaining to media and entertainment industry.
- Is a balanced individual capable of developing creative solutions while anticipating and mitigating risks.
- Has business acumen and is a strategic thinker.
- Is an independent thinker and assertive. Can voice his/her opinion and challenge _status quo_ in a professional manner.
- Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation._

**Why join us?**

**Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited** is home to some of India’s leading entertainment channels such as SET, SAB, MAX, PAL, PIX, Sony BBC Earth, Yay, Sony Marathi, Sony SIX, Sony TEN, Sony TEN1, SONY Ten2, SONY TEN3, SONY TEN4, to name a few

Our foray into the OTT space with one of the most promising streaming platforms, Sony LIV brings us one step closer to being a progressive digitally-led content powerhouse.

Our independent production venture
- Studio Next has already made its mark with original content and IPs for TV and Digital Media.

But our quest to Go Beyond doesn’t end there. Neither does our search to find people who can take us there.

We focus on creating an inclusive and equitable workplace w