Music Business & Legal Affairs Attorney

Posted 17 days ago

robert halfWestwood (CA)

Lawyers Offices of Lawyers

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About the role

We are looking for an experienced Music Business & Legal Affairs Attorney to support a busy legal team in Los Angeles, California new acquisitions move toward closing. This Contract position is ideal for an attorney who understands music publishing, administration, and complex music publishing agreements, and who can quickly assess legacy artist contracts and acquisition-related documents. The role will focus on organizing, interpreting, and summarizing a high volume of music and corporate legal records while helping the business affairs team understand key rights, obligations, and deal terms.

Responsibilities: Review, interpret, and summarize a large volume of music industry agreements tied to newly acquired artist catalogs and legacy rights portfolios. Analyze contract terms related to publishing, administration, composition rights, and broader business affairs matters to support internal decision-making. Examine historical artist and catalog agreements, including older archival documents, and identify key legal and commercial provisions. Coordinate the intake, organization, scanning, and upload of legacy contracts and related records into the appropriate legal documentation process. Prepare clear summaries of purchase agreement materials and related deal documents for the legal and business affairs team at the start of the engagement. Support legal review connected to merger and acquisition activity by helping translate transaction documents into actionable contract insights. Manage substantial contract volume efficiently while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and attention to detail. Work closely with stakeholders on a hybrid schedule, including four days onsite and one day remote each week.

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