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About the Role

This role provides comprehensive legal and business affairs support to Universal Music UK's labels, focusing on artist and brand merchandise, retail partnerships, and e-commerce. You will negotiate and draft commercial agreements and offer practical legal advice to foster the growth of the merchandising business.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on agreements for artist merchandise, including new deals, renewals, and extensions.
• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on brand license agreements and strategic brand partnerships.
• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on retail and e-commerce agreements with commercial partners.
• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on venue merchandise agreements.
• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on pop-up store agreements and associated commercial arrangements.
• Drafting, negotiating, and advising on other merchandise and e-commerce related agreements.
• Overseeing and administering legal deal approvals and internal sign-off processes.
• Overseeing and administering option diaries and key contractual deadlines.
• Overseeing and administering rights management systems and related documentation.
• Overseeing and administering litigation matters, including liaising with external counsel.
• Providing day-to-day legal support for merchandise and e-commerce projects across the labels.

Requirements

• Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales.
• Minimum of 2 years' post-qualification experience, ideally gained within music, media, or entertainment law.
• Experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously.
• A proactive, self-sufficient approach with strong attention to detail.
• A collaborative team player with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Skills

• Commercial agreement drafting
• Commercial agreement negotiation
• Legal advice
• Organisational skills
• Stakeholder management
• Communication skills

Location

• Universal Music UK

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2+ years post-qualification experience

Education Level

• Qualified Solicitor in England & Wales

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

About the Company

• Universal Music Group UK is the UK’s leading music-based entertainment company.
• We exist to shape culture through the power of artistry.
• We help UK artists produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to inspire and entertain fans at home and around the world.

Equal Opportunity

• 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 UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.