Job Description

Our global entertainment client comprises many of the worlds most popular and iconic multimedia and entertainment brands. We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join the Content Legal & Compliance team in London to cover an internal secondment.
You will work with in-house producers and commissioners to provide programme and online content legal and regulatory advice on a broad range of issues that can include defamation, contempt, privacy, data protection, intellectual property as well as regulatory compliance within the Ofcom Broadcasting Code, advertising standards and practices.
Key responsibilities are likely to include:

• Advising on both pre- and post-broadcast and online publication across multiple genres, including live output, current affairs and news programming.

• Analysing and balancing the risks involved in the production and publication process and identifying potential consequences including regulatory sanctions and/or legal liabilities.

• Collaborating with the rest of the Business & Legal Affairs team and the UK business to work within governance protocols, exercising appropriate judgment and seeking guidance or input from others (where required).

• Advising on regulatory issues including child protection and contributor duty of care issues, commercial references in programmes, election broadcasting etc.

We are looking for a qualified media regulatory lawyer (solicitor or barrister). The succesful candidate must have prior experience of advising on the Ofcom Broadcasting Code as well as providing advice on any of privacy, defamation and/or contempt.
More generally, applicants will have experience of programme legal/regulatory compliance issues as they relate to the creation and publication of content in the public service and commercial broadcasting space. You will also have an in-depth understanding of media law and regulation including defamation, contempt, privacy, copyright, data protection and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code & Guidance, Content Standards, etc.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic and open environment where your talents can truly thrive!
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We are a boutique legal recruitment and resourcing consultancy, specialising in the placement of lawyers and legal professionals into roles both in-house and within law firms.
We pride ourselves on the relationships that we have built with our business partners over the many years that we have been in business.
We offer a unique service in the market place a genuine fusion of in-house and private practice legal recruitment expertise, which offers a "full perspective" service to clients and candidates. Our careers as lawyers and now as legal recruitment consultants have enabled us to build a substantial network of contacts, which supports everything that we do.
Our clients and candidates choose to work with us because of our emphasis on building long-term relationships founded on integrity. It means recommendations are genuine, discretion assured and we never forget that today's junior lawyer is tomorrow's Managing Partner or General Counsel.
Company info Website Telephone 02071993600 Location Central Court
25 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane
London
London
WC2A 1AL
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