Associate Corporate Counsel

Candle Media is seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious associate corporate lawyer to join the legal department at Candle Media - a very exciting and growing global entertainment business. This is a broad corporate role which will enable you to have hands-on experience but also training and guidance to further your career. You will enjoy a creative, challenging and collaborative environment where your ideas will be every bit as valued as your legal expertise.

What You’ll Do:

Reporting to and working closely with the team’s Senior Legal Adviser based in London,  you will work across and support our corporate governance, compliance and corporate development initiatives. 

• You will give practical day to day legal advice across the full spectrum of corporate and governance arrangements that we enter into, including with our subsidiaries (e.g. Moonbug Entertainment and Hello Sunshine), third parties and on an intra-group basis 
• You will provide occasional team administrative support in the form of  entity formations and maintenance, drafting of board minutes and shareholder resolutions and managing and maintaining company registers and group structure charts
• You will coordinate and receive board and committee signatures for documents and materials
• Working closely with Candle Media’s finance and tax teams, you will help support group structuring and tax structuring initiatives (e.g. intercompany agreements)
• You will assist in advancing the company’s M&A activities globally including supporting due diligence and closing transactions plus post-completion integration
• You will produce documents related to the development and implementation of corporate policies and templates
• You will support Candle’s subsidiary and legal entity management programme 
• You will support governance needs relating to employee equity
• You will keep up to date with relevant legal corporate and corporate governance regulations, trends and developments and will share that knowledge with colleagues to foster a ‘continuous improvement’ culture focused on building policies and processes which will steward the business. 

Requirements

• JD degree from an accredited law school & member of the California Bar or registered with the California Bar as in-house counsel
• 3+ years of experience in a corporate practice at a reputable  law firm or combination of reputable law firm and in-house, focused specifically on corporate law and corporate governance.
• Ability to work autonomously and reliably within tight timeframes in a fast-paced, high-performance environment
• You will be methodical, have great attention to detail and take pride in moving non-urgent work, including more strategic projects to completion 
• You will have excellent time management and organisational skills and will be able to, and enjoy, working concurrently on a variety of projects, effectively prioritising and working under demanding deadlines whilst remaining “cool and calm” and very importantly, showing a good sense of humour. A “can do” attitude is essential.
• You will have strong drafting, communication and negotiation skills, including experience with all forms of corporate documents
• Experience working with international teams 
• Experience working with Tax, Treasury, Accounting, Finance, HR, M&A and other corporate functions is a plus

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is between $200,000 - $250,000

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Wellness Resources