Legal Counsel

Job Description

A brand-new position has arisen for a highly motivated commercial lawyer with ideally 1 to 2 years post qualification experience to join the Commercial Legal team.

Commercial Legal Team

Formula 1’s Commercial Legal Team is responsible for the legal work associated with supporting Formula 1’s revenue generating agreements with broadcasters, sponsors and licensees (including experiential and gaming partners), its marketing activities, operation of streaming platform F1 TV and agreements with key service providers.

You will join a team of seven lawyers and two paralegals, overseen by the Lead Counsels, Commercial, and will report into one of the senior lawyers within the team.

What you can expect to work on :

As a lawyer in the Commercial Legal team, you will be responsible for drafting and negotiating :

• sponsorship agreements with existing and prospective partners of Formula 1;
• media rights agreements, in particular those relating to Formula 1, as well as those relating to Formula 1’s various support series including F2, F3 and F1 Academy;
• digital media rights agreements relating to the distribution of Formula 1’s OTT service, F1 TV, including distribution agreements and syndication agreements;

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