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About the Role
This role will oversee the legal aspects of Major League and Minor League Baseball’s domestic and international commercial activities, including licensing, products, events, marketing, sponsorship, ticketing, gaming, technology, data privacy, and information security.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and structure commercial agreements based on business and operational unit needs.
- Communicate regularly with Clubs regarding league agreements related to business operations and technology.
- Provide general in-house legal services and advice to business and operational units.
- Provide oversight, strategy, and direction to outside counsel.
Requirements
- Member of New York State Bar in good standing.
- Top academic credentials and references.
- Minimum of four (4) years as a practicing lawyer, preferably with at least several years’ experience in a well-regarded law firm.
- Significant transactional experience negotiating and structuring major licensing and other commercial agreements.
- Excellent communication skills; strong ability to build and maintain relationships.
- Must work effectively in a fast-paced environment, interacting regularly with senior management.
- Must be able to simultaneously accomplish multiple quantitatively and qualitatively challenging tasks.
Skills
- Negotiation
- Structuring commercial agreements
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Working in a fast-paced environment
- Managing multiple tasks
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Contract
- Temporary
Experience Level
- 4+ years of legal practice
Education Level
- Top academic credentials
Salary/Compensations
- $184,800 - $205,400 annually ($7,100 - $7,900 biweekly)
Benefits
- Not eligible for standard full-time employee benefits and bonuses.
About the Company
- Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
- Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism.
- MLB empowers its "workforce athletes" to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed.
- Seeking candidates passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
Equal Opportunity
- California Residents: Please see our California Recruitment Privacy Policy for more details.
- Colorado Residents: Colorado based applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
- Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at accommodations@mlb.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.