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About the Role

Roc Nation is seeking a Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs to provide day-to-day legal support across its label, distribution, publishing, and artist management operations. This role offers broad, cross-functional exposure to the modern music business within a single organization.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of music industry agreements including recording artist agreements, distribution agreements, co-publishing and administration agreements, producer agreements, sync and master use licenses, artist management agreements, and production agreements.
Provide supervised legal counsel to internal business teams on deal structuring, contract interpretation, rights issues, and day-to-day legal questions.
Conduct copyright ownership and chain-of-title research, including work-for-hire analyses and sample clearance review, and advise stakeholders on associated risks and approvals.
Support royalty-related inquiries by working with finance and royalty administration teams to interpret contractual terms, respond to royalty claims, and assist with audit-related matters.
Maintain and improve template agreements, form libraries, and internal legal processes to increase efficiency and consistency.
Monitor developments in copyright law, AI-generated content regulation, collective bargaining agreements, and other evolving music industry legal landscapes, and flag relevant issues to senior leadership.
Collaborate cross-functionally with A&R, creative, marketing, digital operations, and finance teams, serving as a trusted and accessible legal resource.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
Member of the New York Bar in good standing preferred or willingness/qualified to be registered In-House Counsel required.
3+ years of progressive legal experience in the music industry, with meaningful exposure across recorded music, music publishing, and talent/artist management.
Prior experience at a major or independent label, distributor, music publisher, or entertainment-focused law firm is strongly preferred.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where priorities shift and multiple projects run simultaneously.
Sound judgment and the ability to assess and communicate risk proportionately.
Experience with the contractual issues surrounding non fungible tokens.
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Skills

Working knowledge of U.S. copyright law as it pertains to musical compositions and sound recordings.
Knowledge of collective bargaining agreements (AFM, SAG-AFTRA) where applicable.
Metaverse experience is a plus.

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

In-office, 5 days a week

Experience Level

3+ years of progressive legal experience

Education Level

J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school

Salary/Compensations

$148,000.00 USD - $185,000.00 USD

Benefits

Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family with access to a health care concierge and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA).
Free concert tickets.
Paid time off including paid holidays, sick time and floating days.
Career and skill development programs with School of Live.
401(k) program with company match.

About the Company

Roc Nation is a full-service, nationally recognized entertainment company.
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve.
Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events.
As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.

Equal Opportunity

Roc Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability.
For this reason, Roc Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law.
As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Roc Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations.
Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek.
Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact an HR Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.
Roc Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on behalf of qualified applicants on a case-by-case basis.