Corporate Counsel

Amazon Studios’ legal department based in Mumbai is looking for legal professionals for the job role of a corporate lawyer to support their rapidly evolving and expanding original programming slate in India.

About Amazon Studios
Amazon Studios is an American television and film producer and distributor that is a subsidiary of Amazon. It specializes in developing television series and distributing and producing films. It was started in late 2010. 

Role and Responsibilities of the Corporate Lawyer

• Reviewing chain-of-title and evaluating and resolving complex rights issues.
• Reviewing content for copyright, trademark, and legal risk related to claims of defamation, rights of publicity and privacy.
• Managing production legal compliance review including regulatory, privacy, tax incentives, guild, labour and employment, public policy, safety and immigration issues.
• Partnering with cross-department stakeholders including creative, business affairs, production, marketing, publicity and other teams to advise on risks and issues involving a wide range of legal areas.
• Assisting with the development of forms, processes and policies.
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating a high volume of agreements for scripted series, unscripted series and movies projects, including rights and format option/purchase and acquisition agreements, key above-the-line agreements such as writer, producer, director and performer agreements, documentary and reality participant and access agreements, first look and overall agreements, production services.

Eligibility

• LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a top tier university in India.
• A minimum of 8+ years of experience as a lawyer, with several years of experience with a studio, production company, or an entertainment and media law firm in television development, production, marketing and strong skills in drafting and negotiating complex contracts.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house experience in the media space with a reputed MNC.
• Knowledge/experience in policy issues

Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra