Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs
Overview: 30WEST is seeking a Counsel or Senior Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs, commensurate with experience. This position will support all facets of the businessaffairs and legal department of the Company and reports to the General Counsel & Head of Business Affairs of 30WEST. Primary Responsibilities: • Support the business affairs and legal function of the company in coordination with the company’s executives and outside counsel. • Serve as legal counsel, together with outside counsel, on Company’s productions by negotiating, drafting and reviewing production services agreements and above-the-line talent (writers, producers, directors and performers) agreements and oversee rights and clearances issues and legal delivery. • Structure, negotiate and draft rights deals and/or project development agreements,including book option/purchase agreements, attachment agreements and/or joint venture agreements. • Manage day-to-day business and legal affairs issues for development, production, financing, sales, tax incentive and distribution deals. • Track and monitor deal progress and agreement status; maintain deal and agreement files for all Company projects. Qualifications/Requirements: • JD degree from an accredited law school and a minimum of 3 years of prior law firm and equivalent in-house experience; in-house entertainment business affairs or entertainment law firm preferred but not required. • Sound, practical business judgment and calmness under pressure; adaptability to manage multiple wide-ranging matters, priorities and conflicting deadlines. • Experience handling (and drafting relevant agreements for) a wide range of business and legal issues in connection with development, production, finance, and acquisition/distribution matters. • Strong analytical skills, ability to run and analyze various deal scenarios, tax incentive agreements and business models a plus. • Must be admitted to practice law in New York and be in good standing. The salary range for this full-time position is between $85,000 to $200,000. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, includingbusiness needs, job-related skills, experience and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, competitive healthcare as well as other employee benefits. Company: 30WEST is an investment and advisory firm specializing in the media, entertainment, and lifestyle industries. The privately held company manages a growing portfolio of companies including acclaimed film distributor NEON, leading European film and TV studio Altitude Media Group, the experiential entertainment company Constellation Immersive and fast-growing craft beer company Creature Comforts. 30WEST has helped assemble and finance many of the last half-decade’s most memorable film and television projects from streaming breakouts Tiger King and Fyre to award-winning theatrical features including: Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness , nominated for three 2023 Academy Awards including Best Picture, and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival; The Mauritanian , starring Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tahar Rahim; Late Night , starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson; I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie; The Contractor starring Chris Pine; and Wildcat. Their upcoming slate includes the re-imagining of The Crow directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs; Hell of a Summer written and directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk; the musical biopic Fred & Ginger starring Jamie Bell; and Marc Webb’s Day Drinker.
