Legal & Business Affairs Manager - Labels

Legal & Business Affairs Manager - Labels

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Legal & Business Affairs Manager - Labels

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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.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email
About Us – Legal And Business Affairs
The Label Legal Team (part of the broader Legal & Business Affairs Team) provides legal and business affairs support to all Universal Music UK labels including the Polydor Label Group, Island EMI Label Group and Decca Records.
The Role
Working alongside other members of the team the role comprises providing a full range of legal services to all the UK labels to support all their functions through from signing new artists and contracting with featured artists, producers, remixers and video producers to running consumer competitions and other marketing campaigns.
Key Responsibilities

• Agreements for:
• Artists
• Featured artists
• Producers, remixers and mixer
• Video production
• Competitions
• Samples
• Tour support

• Overseeing and administering:
• Deal approvals
• Option diaries
• Rights management systems
• Litigation matters

Skills, Experience, Qualifications And Behaviours Required

• Qualified Solicitor in England and Wales
• Minimum of 2 years experience in music and media law
• Team player
• Self-sufficient

Why Join Us?

• Varied and challenging role
• Working alongside a young and dynamic team
• Close involvement in all areas of the record labels business
• Constantly changing and fast moving industry

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.
Job Category
Business & Legal Affairs

Seniority level

• Seniority level
• Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type
• Full-time

Job function

• Job function
• Legal

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