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About the Role
WME Group seeks a talented and highly motivated lawyer to join the team in its Sydney office as Associate Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs, supporting WME Fashion globally and IMG Talent locally. The successful candidate will join a collaborative and results-driven in-house team, working across a broad range of stakeholders, including high-profile talent, models, athletes and media personalities. This opportunity is ideally suited to a candidate who is admitted to practice in Australia with 0-2 years experience, who is seeking to develop more significant experience in drafting and reviewing commercial agreements. The role also offers exposure to a diverse range of stakeholders across the entertainment and fashion industries, both domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
- High-volume drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of agreements (including talent representation, endorsements, commercial deals, and image-rights contracts), and stakeholder management throughout the full agreement lifecycle.
- Providing clear, actionable guidance on legal and regulatory matters (e.g. entertainment and media law, union compliance, working with children), and ensuring compliance with policies and processes.
- Work closely with internal teams, and external parties while managing an independent workload and building strong internal client relationships.
- Overseeing contract administration systems, document management, e-signatures, and improving internal legal processes.
- Assisting with disputes, corporate governance, legal research, and training initiatives across the business.
Requirements
- 0–2 years’ experience
- Law degree and admission as a lawyer in an Australian jurisdiction.
- Strong drafting, reviewing, and negotiating of agreements
- Solid analytical and organisational abilities.
- Ability to prioritise, multitask, meet deadlines, and maintain high-quality, detail-oriented work under pressure.
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Able to explain complex legal concepts clearly to non-legal audiences
- Strong stakeholder engagement.
- Collaborative team player who can also work autonomously
- Proactive, self-motivated, adaptable, and solutions-focused with a positive attitude.
- Good IT skills
- Interest in the fashion industry, with familiarity with relevant regulations (e.g. Entertainment Industry Act, Australian Consumer Law, AANA Code of Ethics) desirable.
Skills
- Drafting
- Reviewing
- Negotiating
- Stakeholder management
- Legal guidance
- Compliance
- Contract administration
- Document management
- E-signatures
- Dispute resolution
- Corporate governance
- Legal research
- Training
- IT skills
- Fashion industry knowledge
- Entertainment Industry Act
- Australian Consumer Law
- AANA Code of Ethics
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 0-2 years
Education Level
- Law degree
- Admission as a lawyer in an Australian jurisdiction
About the Company
- WME Group is a global network of businesses that represent the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands. WME Group comprises preeminent talent agency WME, global marketing agency 160over90, brand licensing agency IMG Licensing, and nonscripted content business Pantheon Media Group.