[LIONSGATE] Sr. Coordinator, Business and Legal Affairs

The Sr. Coordinator, Business & Legal Affairs position requires a talented individual who will handle a variety of legal and administrative duties in support of daily operations for two Business & Legal Affairs Executives in the Office of the General Counsel.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Organizing and maintaining legal files.

  • Draft and manage company confidentiality agreements

  • Overseeing the approval process of outside legal expenses

  • Act as a liaison for Board of Directors and C-level executive officers

  • Oversee maintenance of credit agreement and other corporate debt facilitates

  • Maintain subsidiary database, corporate minute books, records, and other legal files

  • Draft and file all formation, merger, and dissolution documents for corporate entity structure

  • Maintain and track corporate subsidiaries (in the US, UK, Canada, and other international territories)

  • Draft resolutions and other corporate documents such as bylaws, operating agreements, and consents

  • Work with tax department to maintain proper entity management for subsidiaries and joint ventures

  • Manage and plan Board of Director and shareholders meetings, including preparing meeting materials

  • Draft correspondence and simple general corporate, securities and finance agreements

  • Prioritize and manage deadlines for multiple simultaneous contracts and projects

  • Route contracts for execution

  • Providing administrative support, including answering phones, scheduling meetings and conference calls, making travel arrangements, and processing expense reports.

  • Assisting on a wide variety corporate legal, litigation, and risk management-related matters, including the review of cease-and-desist letters, responses to subpoenas, and other legal documents.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Self-starter who has an interest in the business and legal side of entertainment 

  • Experience working for a public company and/or in business & legal affairs is a plus, but not required

  • Must be able to meet tight deadlines, capable of working with confidential legal information, and able to succeed in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment 

  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise with C-Suite executive officers and their support teams, and other senior management 

  • Excellent research, writing, and drafting skills

  • Paralegal Degree preferred, but not required

Role is based in Los Angeles, California.

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Jaia Thomas