Legal Counsel

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role…

This position entails work on a large scale of legal matters of the local WBD business. All the responsibilities are managed under the guidance of the Legal Director with accountability and with management skills of several internal clients and requests. In addition, the candidate must show great flexibility in adapting to the fast change of the company environment, new activities to be managed, dealing with new colleagues and new areas of business.
 

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Draft and negotiate affiliate agreements with partners for the distribution of WBD networks, managing the stratification of the past legacies, ensuring full alignment with central legal team.

• Support in drafting and negotiating commission agreements for local production(s) and small talents, plus check of over full of programming/content compliance for broadcast on FTA channels.

• Provide legal advices on FTA Italian regulation and legal relationship with local partners.

• Support drafting and negotiations of adsales agreements (including framework agreements with media agencies and big clients) and provision of advice and compliance of advertisement initiatives (branded contents, product placement, on field events etc.)

• Full support to the Ad-Sales team, including check of compliance with local adsales rep agreement, plus manage several contracts for payTV, HbbTV, sponsorships, special initiatives analysis.

• Monitor and analyse new local rules and regulation applicable to the business in the country and evaluate potential impact + support and coordinating other departments inputs in elaborating company position.

• Manage relationships with local collecting societies, review of relevant existing agreements and responsibility to ensure timely and fully reporting activities.

• Manage potential litigation and pre-litigation matters, coordinating the communication with Legal Litigation central team.

• Responsible for good standing of all corporate matters for local legal entities.
   

Qualifications & Experience…

• Fully qualified Lawyer

• Business fluent in both English and Italian

• Significant in-house experience in a similar media, broadcast or related audiovisual environment.
   

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How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/  along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.