Senior Legal Counsel, Music Licensing & Strategy

Ubisoft; Paris; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

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Profit Sharing

Company saving plan

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Ubisoft in Paris seeks a Senior Legal Counsel, Music, to be the go-to legal expert for music-related matters across Ubisoft’s game productions. You will draft and negotiate music licenses, synchronization agreements, and related contracts in French and English, advising production teams worldwide.

Based in Paris, you will guide creative studios and collaborate with other legal counsels, ensuring compliance with company policy and industry standards while supporting continuous improvement of

Qualifications

• Significant experience in music law spanning publishing and/or recorded music, ideally gained in-house.
• Strong track record drafting and negotiating music contracts under various legislations, including synchronization licenses.
• Experience working with collective management bodies and navigating music rights ecosystems.

Responsabilités

• Draft, review and negotiate music-related agreements (licensing, commissioning, distribution) in French and English.
• Provide strategic legal advice to production teams, translating concepts for non-legal audiences.
• Be the go-to contact for music-related content questions and provide actionable guidance to teams.
• Support and train creative teams globally, collaborating with other counsels to build usable tools.
• Monitor shifts in music and video game law to assess impact on production processes.
• Ensure conformity with Ubisoft’s policies and risk tolerance, aligning with business needs.
• Contribute to improvement of standard form agreements and legal processes.
• Collaborate with outside counsel on sensitive pre-litigation matters.

Connaissances

Music law

Contract negotiation

French-English bilingual

Cross-functional collaboration

Description du poste

Ubisoft in Paris seeks a Senior Legal Counsel, Music, to be the go-to legal expert for music-related matters across Ubisoft’s game productions. You will draft and negotiate music licenses, synchronization agreements, and related contracts in French and English, advising production teams worldwide.

Based in Paris, you will guide creative studios and collaborate with other legal counsels, ensuring compliance with company policy and industry standards while supporting continuous improvement of