Senior Attorney

Key Tasks/Objectives  

• Work closely and be first point of contact for Italy and Greece with EMEA Disney + team and DSS Disney+ team to provide advice and drafting relevant legal documentations in relation to Disney + new functionalities, updating, promotional offers, global promotional campaigns, events and new projects etc.  

• Drafting, negotiation and provide advice to Disney+ local advertising team for ad  sales  agreements on Disney+. Work closely with EMEA team to ensure compliance with advertising regulation both for Italy and Greece. 

• With reference to the linear channels business in Greece, work closely with local team and EMEA team to ensure compliance with regulatory framework requirements.  

• Define issues, perform legal research, analyze problems, evaluate alternatives and make appropriate recommendations to the business providing ongoing legal analysis and counselling to internal teams in a wide range of legal areas, including intellectual property, digital media and regulatory, consumer law and data protection 

• Review and analyse marketing campaigns and promotions and provide legal advise to the business to best structure the campaigns, events and/or the commercial deals; 

• Drafting, negotiation and provide advice to local production team for promotional agreements, promotional content production, talent agreement, product placement, sponsoring and promotional activities related to local production content promotion. 

• Works closely with the Health&Safety manager (RSPP) to address H&S matters in relation to Disney events and promotional activities and has good control of the H&S Italian legislation 

• Monitors local and EU Law developments 

Deal Management  

• Works closely with the direct-to-consumer EMEA and US team, marketing (DTC and performance) , creative, advertising and  production team and promotion teams to develop deal negotiating strategy and deal structure, optimizing potential rights structures consistently with Disney approach in EMEA 

Experience & Professional Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 8 years PQE, in private practice (within media/entertainment sector) or in a media/entertainment business, or a combination of both

• Excellent knowledge of contract and commercial law, consumer law, copyright, data protection, European digital strategy regulatory framework

• Significant contract drafting experience 

• Television and/or digital media experience (preferably in distribution and/or streaming)

Other

• Fluent English is required for the role

• Greek language would be a plus

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