Counsel, Business Affairs - India

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · Mumbai, India · Legal

Netflix is seeking a Counsel, Business Affairs for their Indian content initiative in Mumbai. This role involves structuring and negotiating content deals, managing relationships with production partners, and ensuring legal compliance for local content production. The ideal candidate will have 8-10+ years of media-entertainment experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Deal structuring, contract negotiation and execution, with a focus on Original content development and production, and licence agreements
  2. Drafting legal agreements specific to the business needs
  3. Conducting industry and territory-specific research
  4. Working cross functionally to maintain alignment between departments
  5. Maintaining flexibility and openness to take on additional projects as necessary

Skills

Required

  • Drafting
  • Commercial negotiations
  • Business understanding
  • Liaising and negotiating with talent, production companies, and studios, media and financing
  • Bilingual in English and Hindi
  • Deal structuring
  • Contract negotiation and execution
  • Original content development and production
  • Licence agreements
  • Drafting legal agreements
  • Industry and territory-specific research
  • Cross functional collaboration
  • Flexibility
  • Openness to additional projects
  • Curiosity
  • Willingness to tackle matters outside their area of expertise
  • Strong communication skills (candor, honesty, tact)
  • Strong analytical (strategic and creative) capabilities and judgment
  • Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight time frames in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work in a small group, tackle all challenges and take initiative
  • Ability to work closely with and manage outside counsel
  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented
  • Adaptable negotiation style
  • Passion for Netflix’s strategy and different cultures

What the JD emphasized

  • 8-10+ years of broad‐based media-entertainment experience in drafting, commercial negotiations and business understanding
  • Experience in liaising and negotiating with talent, production companies, and studios, media and financing will be preferred
  • Bilingual in English and Hindi is highly preferred