Job Description
Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated senior commercial lawyer with between 7 and 10 years’ post qualification experience to join the Commercial Legal team on a one-year fixed term contract. The ideal candidate will have significant linear media rights and/or OTT licensing/distribution experience, and we would anticipate that this would include some period of time and experience in an in-house environment.
Commercial Legal Team
Formula 1’s Commercial Legal Team is responsible for the legal work associated with supporting Formula 1’s revenue generating agreements with broadcasters, sponsors and licensees (including experiential and gaming partners), its marketing activities, operation of streaming platform F1TV and agreements with key service providers.
You will join a team of seven lawyers and two paralegals, overseen by the Chief Counsel, Commercial and will provide supervision and support to the junior members of the team.
What you can expect to work on:
As a senior lawyer in the Commercial Legal team, you will be responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide variety of media rights agreements, ranging from distribution of live Formula 1 event programming to ancillary agreements relating to documentary projects, f...