Corporate & Media Transactions Associate

A law firm seeks a mid-level associate to join its Corporate & Media Transactions team in Century City, Los Angeles. This role involves working on a variety of media-focused corporate deals for clients across the U.S., U.K., EU, and Asia, within a collaborative and high-energy environment.

Duties

• Collaborate on entertainment, sports, and media sector transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity investments

• Structure and negotiate IP-based financing arrangements, film and television funding agreements, and co-production, licensing, and distribution contracts

• Support cross-border consolidations and strategic partnerships, coordinating with counsel in multiple jurisdictions

• Draft and review transactional documentation, such as asset purchase agreements, equity financing instruments, and commercial agreements

• Liaise with senior attorneys and deal teams to ensure the timely execution of closing deliverables

• Conduct legal research on industry-specific issues, regulatory considerations, and contract interpretations

• Manage multiple assignments concurrently, maintaining deadlines in a fast-paced transactional practice

Requirements

• 3–4 years of experience at a major law firm or corporate legal department in entertainment, sports & media, M&A, and private equity

• Proven track record of handling deal components independently while collaborating effectively on team projects

• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions involving media companies or related clients

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail in drafting and negotiating

• Comfort interacting directly with internal stakeholders and external clients, including studios, production firms, investors, and distributors

• Capacity to adapt in a dynamic practice environment and contribute creative solutions to transactional challenges

Education

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school

• Strong academic performance, evidenced by transcripts submitted upon application

Certifications

• Active bar membership in California (or eligibility to transfer), with good standing maintained

• Any additional entertainment, sports & media-focused certifications or continuing legal education credits (preferred but not required)

Skills

• High proficiency in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly within the media sector

• Robust research capabilities to analyze cross-border regulatory and intellectual property issues

• Strong organizational skills to handle concurrent transactions and meet tight deadlines

• Collaborative mindset: able to work seamlessly on multi-disciplinary teams and cultivate positive internal and client relationships

• Intellectual curiosity and self-motivation to deepen expertise in media deal structuring and grow within a top-tier corporate practice

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan with matching

• Disability and life insurance

• Adoption assistance

• Backup care for dependents

This is one of the area's oldest and most respected firms, and it is big. This firm also has a lot of really important cases and work. If you read the papers, sooner or later you will come across a major deal or two that involve these heavy hitters who, incidentally, also make terrific money. The culture of this firm, in our opinion, is friendly and conservative. What this firm does very well is give junior associates a tremendous amount of responsibility. Responsibility it good. In all respects, attorneys who come out of this firm are very competent and sought out practitioners. This firm is also very even handed in its compensation of associates. This firm is in a great section of downtown Los Angeles, and we like the art there (we are told it is very expensive). Substantively, this is a really super firm, and there is a not a lot of billable hour pressure. Associates here are encouraged to do good work, and that appears to be the standard that is applied in their reviews.