Associate Commercial Counsel, YouTube Business Legal

As an Associate Commercial Counsel on the Global Media Partnerships subteam, you will work on negotiating, drafting and analyzing a wide variety of film, television, and sports digital distribution licenses for YouTube and YouTube TV as part of Google's growing digital media business.

• Negotiate, draft, and review intellectual property licenses focusing on digital content distribution across YouTube’s major media subscription and content offerings (YouTube TV, PrimeTime Channels, Major Media AVOD, TVOD and FAST linear).
• Advise executive management, business clients, as well as finance, product, and other company colleagues on legal issues and risks, agreement structure, negotiation strategy, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide Business Development, Strategy, Product Management, and Marketing teams with legal guidance on compliance with applicable license agreements and related contracts, U.S. regulatory matters, and internal approval processes.
• Support contractual analysis and diligence across existing agreements in support of product feature launches and enablement.

• JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.
• 3 years of attorney-level experience in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
• Experience with the film and television distribution, intellectual property/agreement law, and agreement drafting.
• Preferred qualifications: 4 years of experience in the broadcast or cable television industry.
• Experience with emerging forms of content distribution, including direct-to-consumer and advertiser supported content distribution.
• Experience advising and negotiating commercial transactions in the broadcast or cable television industry, and drafting complex content license agreements.
• Familiarity with licensing various types of content including film, television, and sports rights.
• Understanding of the United States communications law.
• Ability to be comfortable escalating and presenting key issues to executive management.

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health insurance
• 401k matching

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.