Senior Legal & Business Affairs Manager

• Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales.

• Minimum of 2 years' post-qualification experience, ideally gained within music,mediaor entertainment law.

• Experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements.

• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice.

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously.

• A proactive, self-sufficient approach with strong attention to detail.

• A collaborative team player with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

We are Universal Music Group UK - the UK's leading music-based entertainment company. We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. We help UK artists produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to inspire and entertain fans at home and around the world.

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 25 paid days of annual leave

• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

• Holiday Purchase scheme

• Dental and Travel Insurance options

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Salary Sacrifice Cars

• Subsidised Gym Membership

• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know...

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

Music is Universal

It's the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world's leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

• Drafting,negotiatingand advising on agreements relating to:

• Artist merchandise agreements, including new deals,renewalsand extensions.

• Brand licence agreements and strategic brand partnerships.

• Retail and e-commerce agreements with commercial partners.

• Venue merchandise agreements.

• Pop-up store agreements and associated commercial arrangements.

• Other merchandise and e-commerce related agreements asrequired.

This roleis responsible forprovidinga full range of legal and business affairs support to Universal Music UK's labels in relation to artist and brand merchandise, retailpartnershipsand e-commerce activities. Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, you will negotiate and draft a broad range of commercial agreements whileprovidingpragmatic legal advice that supports the growth of our merchandising business.

• Legal deal approvals and internal sign-off processes.

• Optiondiaries and key contractual deadlines.

• Rights management systems and related documentation.

• Litigation matters, including liaising with external counsel whereappropriate.

• Day-to-day legal support for merchandise and e-commerce projects across the labels.

• A varied and challenging role working across high-profile artist,merchandiseand e-commerce projects.

• The opportunity to work alongside a talented,collaborativeand dynamic Legal & Business Affairs team.

• Close involvement with the commercial activities of Universal Music UK's labels.

• Exposure to an exciting,innovativeand fast-moving industry where no two days are the same.

Business & Legal Affairs