[Remote] Senior Director / VP Legal & Business Affair Counsel
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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