Senior Associate - Copyright Transactions

Advocates Legal Recruiting; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting represents an AmLaw 100 client seeking a Senior Associate for Copyright Transactions in Silicon Valley. The role focuses on drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with copyright and content rights, and advising on licensing strategies for digital products.

The candidate will support DMCA and platform/compliance work, collaborating with litigators, and will engage with clients across the content stack, including rights clearance and catalog builds.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Experience in copyright/IP licensing or entertainment deals.
• Ability to translate business goals into papers under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial agreements with heavy copyright and content rights.
• Advise on licensing strategies across digital products and platforms.
• Support DMCA and platform/compliance strategy with litigators.
• Collaborate with clients on rights clearance, catalog builds, and analytics.

Skills

Commercial contracts drafting

Copyright licensing

Negotiation

Tech transactions

Entertainment deals

Job description

Senior Associate - Copyright Transactions

Silicon Valley, 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 escal​ate.
• 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.

Locations

Comp

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