Senior Associate - Copyright Transactions

Advocates Legal Recruiting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting represents an AmLaw 100 client seeking a Senior Associate to join a busy copyright transactions practice in New York and other major markets. You will draft and negotiate commercial agreements with copyright focus, advise on licensing strategies for digital products, and support DMCA/compliance matters alongside litigators.

The role offers exposure to music, entertainment, and digital media in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally in copyright, IP licensing, tech transactions, or entertainment deals.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements with a heavy emphasis on copyright and content rights.
• Advise on business-critical content licenses and licensing strategy across digital products and platforms.
• Support counseling work tied to DMCA and platform/compliance, coordinating with litigators and regulatory lawyers when needed.
• Work with clients across the content stack: rights clearance, catalog builds, data/financial reporting, and user acquisition questions in music/digital media.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Copyright/IP licensing

Job description

Senior Associate - Copyright Transactions

New York, United States | Posted on 07/22/2026

SENIOR ASSOCIATE: COPYRIGHT TRANSACTIONS (6+ YEARS)

TECH + CONTENT | LA, SAN FRAN, SILICON VALLEY, DC, NYC

Our AmLaw 100 client is hiring a senior associate to join the transactional side of a copyright-focused practice that sits at the center of tech, digital media, and music-driven business models. The work is sophisticated, current, and often first-impression for clients building or scaling content products.

Role summary

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements with a heavy emphasis on copyright and content rights.
• Advise on “business-critical” content licenses and broader licensing strategy across digital products and platforms.
• Support counseling work tied to DMCA and platform/compliance strategy, working closely with litigators and regulatory lawyers when issues elevate.
• Work with clients across the content stack: rights clearance strategy, catalog build-outs, data/financial reporting, and user acquisition and retention questions in music and digital media.

Candidate profile

• Minimum 6 years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally in copyright, IP licensing, tech transactions, or entertainment deals.
• Comfortable running negotiations and translating business goals into clean paper under real deadlines.
• Industry familiarity is a plus: music, entertainment, digital media, creator economy, content platforms.

Why this role

• Platform: a top-ranked media and entertainment transactional practice with a deep bench and consistent placement in leading directories.
• Substance: copyright issues tied to modern product design, licensing and commercialization, including digital copyright questions that show up in emerging tech and AI-adjacent workflows.
• Cross-disciplinary seat: you are not siloed. The practice spans counseling, deals, and high-stakes disputes, with real exposure to how copyright problems get solved end-to-end.
• Support: structured well-being resources and firmwide infrastructure that is actually built out, not just stated.

Comp

Market compensation (Cravath-scale structure for class years is reflected in the posting). Base + Bonus