Legal & Business Affairs Executive, ADA

Warner Music Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading music company in Greater London seeks a Legal & Business Affairs Executive to support the negotiation and management of distribution agreements. The ideal candidate has 1+ years as a paralegal, a 2:1 degree, and a solid understanding of intellectual property law. Join a close-knit team that values creativity and diversity, contributing to the fast-paced music industry.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience as a paralegal within a music company or relevant legal practice.
• A clear understanding of intellectual property law, particularly copyright.
• Ability to build relationships within the business.

Responsibilities

• Support in negotiation, drafting, and management of distribution agreements.
• Prepare and circulate accurate contract summaries.
• Maintain deals and rights trackers.
• Respond to rights queries from other departments.

Skills

Legal research and drafting

Intellectual property law

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

2:1 degree (LLB or similar)

Job description

Legal & Business Affairs Executive, ADA

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game‑changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

Values

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

A little bit about our team

The Legal and Business Affairs department is a close‑knit team of lawyers and paralegals who work closely with Warner Music UK’s frontline labels, catalogue division and distribution business to negotiate, draft and manage a wide range of agreements with artists and third parties to ensure necessary rights and clearances are in place for product releases and the other activities of our artists.

Your role

This role supports the Director, Legal and Business Affairs, ADA in the negotiation, drafting and management of distribution agreements arising from ADA’s activities in the UK, and is responsible for the related administration processes.

Here you’ll get to:

• You will support in the negotiation, drafting and management of distribution agreements for independent record labels and artists.
• You will prepare and circulate accurate contract summaries.
• You will be responsible for maintaining deals and rights trackers.
• You will manage the input and maintenance of ADA UK agreements and data in the relevant internal systems.
• You will respond to rights queries from ADA and other departments and provide other general legal and business affairs support as required.

About you

• You have at least 1 year of experience working as a paralegal within an in‑house music company (or similar industry) or in a relevant team in a private practice law firm.
• You have a minimum of a 2:1 degree (LLB or other undergraduate degree with law conversion).
• You have a sound understanding of intellectual property law (in particular copyright).You have excellent attention to detail.
• You are a clear and confident communicator.
• You enjoy building relationships with the business and colleagues.

We’d love it if you also had:

• You have passed the LPC or are studying for the SQE or similar level legal qualification.
• You have experience drafting and negotiating music industry agreements.
• You have a passion for the music industry.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.