Key Wave – Manager, Organization & Legal Affairs (US)

A single of the most dynamic impartial publishing and talent administration firms in the environment, Key Wave Music is property to some of the most legendary songwriters and artists across the heritage of recorded songs.

Primary Wave is looking for an enthusiastic new music small business lawyer with an entrepreneurial attitude to sign up for Key Wave’s Company & Authorized Affairs division. This job will be comprehensive-time with a flexible in-office and distant do the job schedule and will support our staff on matters spanning all locations of the organization.

Duties:

• Negotiating and drafting contracts (including non-disclosure, license, artist administration, co-publishing and administration, and branding/sponsorship agreements)
• Coordinating and conducting catalog acquisition owing diligence and preparing asset schedules
• Running contracts for Principal Wave’s current catalogs
• Promptly responding to requests from a assortment of Primary Wave departments, like with regard to contract possibility renewals, implementation of letters of course, sync, interpolation, and other use approvals and licenses, and royalty audit rights
• Being latest on copyright and other legal problems influencing music assets and/or Main Wave’s contractual rights
• Preserving agreement and doc source documents

Necessities:

• 2-5 decades of related audio marketplace knowledge, with at the very least 2 as an legal professional (in-home or non-public follow)
• Admitted in New York (though other Condition bar admissions will be regarded as)
• Sturdy qualities to multi-process, organize, and communicate complex information and facts in a condensed and productive method, perform comprehensively but effectively in a dynamic, rapid-paced ecosystem, and supply inventive, functional, and company-minded alternatives to authorized troubles
• Performing knowledge of the audio business, and new music publishing and master recording legal rights
• Knowledge with assessment of new music publishing and recording contracts, audio agreement administration, and drafting and negotiating songs and other transactional documents
• Prior (i) business affairs, copyright section, or agreement management roles, (ii) publicity to film, television, dwell phase or other authentic articles growth, output, and/or licensing, and (ii) company regulation teaching are not essential, but all a plus
• Covid-19 vaccination necessary.

Advantages:

We give excellent benefits, to our workforce. In addition to a competitive salary depending on expertise, we provide a single of the ideal offered profit systems for modest firms, like a health care strategy, 401(k), very long-expression and short-expression disability, holiday seasons, and lifestyle insurance plan.

We work to manage the very best doable atmosphere for our employees, in which individuals can find out and develop with the firm. We try to present a collaborative, innovative natural environment where by just about every man or woman feels inspired to add to our processes, selections, setting up and society.

To Apply:
To respond to this good possibility, you should e-mail your resume and address letter to: [email protected].

We are an equivalent option employer, and all experienced applicants will obtain consideration for work without regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, nationwide origin, disability position, secured veteran status, or any other characteristic safeguarded by law.