Senior Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs

Suno Suno · Multimodal · New York, NY · Legal

Seeking a Senior Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs to join Suno's Legal & Business Affairs team. The role involves structuring, negotiating, and closing complex commercial transactions, including music and BD partnerships, developer agreements, and general commercial transactions. The attorney will also help build commercial legal infrastructure and serve as a cross-functional legal partner for music, business development, and consumer partnership teams. The ideal candidate will have a JD, 8+ years of experience with in-house and music/entertainment experience preferred, strong business acumen, and a hands-on, collaborative attitude.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be a go-to cross-functional legal partner for our music, business development and consumer partnership teams.
  2. Structure, negotiate, and close a wide range of agreements including music and BD partnerships, developer agreements and general commercial transactions.
  3. Help to build our commercial legal infrastructure, from contract templates to strategic playbooks, all in service of accelerating commercial momentum.
  4. Use your experience as an experienced deal lawyer to our commercial advantage, helping our business partners make smarter and faster decisions.

Skills

Required

  • JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership
  • At least 8+ years of experience
  • Strong business acumen
  • Ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences
  • Hands-on attitude
  • Positive collaborative attitude
  • Comfort with change and a fast pace
  • High level of integrity
  • Intellectual curiosity

Nice to have

  • substantial in-house and music or entertainment experience preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • at least 8+ years of experience
  • substantial in-house and music or entertainment experience preferred
  • JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership