Counsel, Business Affairs

Take-Two Interactive
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 133,900 - 198,160 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Risk assessment","Patience","Good humor"]

Negotiate, draft, and track a high volume of business affairs agreements for an entertainment company, supporting internal business clients and senior in-house counsel. Work across multiple practice areas including entertainment content creation, production, marketing, and distribution, and advise on complex copyright, technology, corporate, and regulatory issues. Assess legal risks in a fast-paced environment while helping publishing labels create innovative videogame products efficiently.

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Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive
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Counsel, Business Affairs

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Job Summary

Negotiate, draft, and track a high volume of business affairs agreements for an entertainment company, supporting internal business clients and senior in-house counsel. Work across multiple practice areas including entertainment content creation, production, marketing, and distribution, and advise on complex copyright, technology, corporate, and regulatory issues. Assess legal risks in a fast-paced environment while helping publishing labels create innovative videogame products efficiently.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Draft, analyze, and negotiate commercial agreements across entertainment content creation, production, marketing, and distribution.
  • •Support senior attorneys across practice groups spanning music, entertainment, sports, technology, advertising, and console/online/mobile gaming.
  • •Structure and analyze deals involving rights held by third parties such as distributors, hardware manufacturers, sports leagues, record labels, music publishers, talent, and technology licensors.
  • •Advise internal clients on general business and contract issues, and on matters including copyright, technology, corporate, and regulatory issues.
  • •Provide day-to-day legal and business affairs counsel to creative business units and assess risks in complex, fast-paced matters.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 133,900 - 198,160 annually

Key Requirements

  • •3-5+ years’ experience in-house or within a law firm.
  • •Expertise in contracting with excellent drafting skills.
  • •Experience with complex corporate or intellectual property transactions (content creation, production, clearance, marketing, and distribution).
  • •Ability and desire to evaluate and advise on complex agreements and contractual issues.
  • •Qualified and in good standing with the State Bar of New York.
Experience:3+ yearsEntertainmentVideo gamesTechnologyIntellectual property
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkRisk assessmentPatienceGood humor
Licenses:State Bar of New York
Languages:English

Company Brief

Take-Two Interactive
Develops and publishes interactive entertainment software, including major video game franchises for console, PC, and mobile platforms. The company operates through labels such as Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 1993
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