Client: Leading film and media conglomerate
Payment: up to £110,000 per year
Contract duration: 9 months with possible extension
Work type: hybrid (3 days in the office in Holborn, occasionally in Leavesden)
The Job
The Team is principally tasked with production legal work on theatrical feature films being produced in the UK and Europe. The Team works closely with the Feature Film Legal Department in Burbank and production executives based in Leavesden.
UK-based film productions and co-productions
1. Negotiating and drafting all forms of UK film production agreements (eg, Actors, Directors, Writers, Producers, Composers, Heads of Department, certain Crew, locations, chain-of-title, etc.); negotiating terms with Lawyers/Agents representing individuals being contracted; contract management of the same.
2. Advising Producers and Casting Directors as to how best to structure talent deals within parameters relevant to that film and applicable union agreements. Negotiating/concluding talent deals.
3. Reviewing proposed deal terms for senior Heads of Department and advising production executives in the studios in Leavesden as to any issues arising.
4. Advising film production Managers, Accountants, etc., on various production issues including interpretation of relevant union agreements and applicable national/state legislation.
5. Negotiating/drafting sundry commercial agreements that are requi...