Business and Legal Affairs, Associate

Overview

A detail-oriented and proactive Business and Legal Affairs Associate is needed to support a growing Legal Team. This role creates and maintains contract frameworks across a range of agreement types, with particular emphasis on custom client deals, digital distribution agreements, and related contracts.

You will report to the Director of Business and Legal Affairs and work directly with the Director and internal stakeholders. This is a remote role with an expectation that the candidate remains a resident in the location of hire. Minimal travel may be required.

Candidates must be a current resident of Miami, FL.

Responsibilities

• Draft and update contract frameworks and templates for digital distribution agreements, licensing arrangements, and other custom client and partner deals.
• Review, redline, and assist with negotiation of digital distribution agreements, addenda, and custom client and partner deals; escalate novel or high-risk issues to the Director.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and incorporate them into contractual terms.
• Maintain and manage legal workflows and contract lifecycle updates via project management tools (primarily Monday.com or other applications as requested).
• Track contract project status and provide timely updates to the Director of Business and Legal Affairs and relevant teams.
• Conduct entity verification and KYC/KYB diligence across U.S. and international registries, sanctions/PEP screening, and identity verification; summarize findings for internal stakeholders.
• Assist Legal and Finance with deal diligence, including vetting the contracting party, client rightsholdership, client history, account information, and other data needed for internal advising and accurate contract drafting.
• Support general legal and operational initiatives, including research, internal documentation, and compliance projects.
• Ensure consistency in legal language and formatting across documents.
• Maintain organized, up-to-date records of contract templates, revisions, and executed documents.
• Research and analyze trends and emerging law and industry practices related to operations, contracting, copyright, improper activity, and other legal matters.
• Communicate and liaise with internal stakeholders regarding legal policies, processes, and procedures.
• Provide support on escalated legal matters.
• Brief the Director regularly and consistently on the status of contracting activities.
• Complete other projects as identified by the Business and Legal Affairs Team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Three years of post-graduate experience in business and legal affairs, contracts, or a transactional environment.
• Proficiency with contract, project, and business management platforms such as Monday.com, Dropbox, Google Workspace, and HubSpot.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong time management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a high-volume environment.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and initiative.
• Ability to receive feedback, adapt quickly, and take increasing ownership of projects.
• Eagerness to learn and develop subject-matter expertise to become a reliable team resource.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and stay fully engaged with a distributed team in a remote work environment.
• High ethical standards and sound judgment when handling confidential or sensitive information.

Preferred Qualifications

• J.D. or Paralegal Certificate with relevant internship/training or work experience in business and legal affairs, contracts, or transactional matters.
• Five years of post-graduate experience in business and legal affairs, contracts, or a transactional environment.
• Experience in the music, entertainment, or technology industries.
• Familiarity with music licensing, intellectual property, copyright, and digital distribution.
• Interest in contracting, intellectual property rights, licensing, copyright law, and emerging legal topics such as artificial intelligence and related regulation.
• Strong interest in the legal and business considerations of independent music distribution.
• Spanish and/or Portuguese language proficiency.

Additional Notes

• The role is designed to grow. In the first few months, the right candidate will handle first-pass agreements, redlines, contract intake, and diligence, with a path toward increasingly independent drafting and negotiation as the Legal function scales.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.