Media Rights Lawyer

Join UEFA Club Competitions SA’s (UCCSA) Legal & Business Affairs team to play a pivotal role in the provision of all necessary legal support for UCCSA’s marketing and related activities in relation to the UEFA men’s and women’s club competitions, focusing primarily on media rights activities. 

Job information

Division/Unit: UEFA Club Competitions SA/Legal & Business Affairs
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: 01.01.2025 or as soon as possible thereafter

Main goal

Join UEFA Club Competitions SA’s (UCCSA) Legal & Business Affairs team to play a pivotal role in the provision of all necessary legal support for UCCSA’s marketing and related activities in relation to the UEFA men’s and women’s club competitions, focusing primarily on media rights activities. You will be part of the exciting new future of the exploitation of the commercial rights to UEFA’s club competitions. 

Key responsibilities

• Providing legal input and advice relating to the exploitation and implementation of media and other commercial rights across all UEFA club competitions 
• Managing the provision of legal services for UCCSA’s marketing agencies in relation to the drafting of all relevant legal documentation including media rights agreements and other general commercial contracts and tender documentation
• Managing tender processes and contractual matters including liaising with and instructing UCCSA’s marketing agencies 
• Providing legal support to UCCSA's commercial rights team primarily in relation to media rights matters
• Protecting the broader interests of UCCSA and the UEFA competitions from a business affairs perspective
• Cooperating and communicating with other lawyers within UCCSA, UEFA’s Legal Affairs division and the European Club Association 
• Instructing external legal advisers

Great Place to Work

• Enhance your skills with training and professional development opportunities

• Access UEFA's thrilling football events

• Take advantage of remote work options

• Get financial support for your health insurance costs

• Taste great food at our restaurant and benefit from a meal contribution

• Travel at a reduced rate with a Swiss rail half-price card

Experience:

• From 4 to 8 years of post-qualification experience in a law firm or international organisation
• Experience of a commercial environment ideally in relation to the exploitation of media rights
• Experience of commercial law and commercial contract drafting and negotiation

Education:

• Qualified lawyer with outstanding academic qualifications 

Languages:

• English: Native speaker or business fluent
• Proficiency in other European languages would be an asset

Other requirements:

• Strong core legal skills and an understanding of commercial business drivers, particularly in relation to media rights
• Strong management and organisational skills, including the ability to manage other personnel or stakeholders (e.g. UCCSA-appointed marketing agencies) in the fulfilment of legal requirements
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and oral communication skills in English
• Excellent project management, organisational and time management and the ability to prioritise to ensure the consistent delivery of multiple simultaneous projects to tight deadlines
• Professionalism, including reliability, a commitment to meeting high quality standards and deadlines and respecting budgets, capacity to plan and anticipate what will happen, a focus on efficient implementation, follow-up after completion, decision-making ability, accountability, integrity and discretion
• Experience of managing challenging situations with competing interests
• Team spirit: good co-operation with colleagues and counterparts, willingness to help and support others to reach common goals even under stress, proactive efforts to develop team spirit

About UEFA

UEFA – the Union of European Football Associations – is the game's governing body in Europe. It is a representative democracy, and is the umbrella organisation for 55 national football associations across Europe. 

Our objectives are, among other things, to deal with all questions relating to European football, to promote football in a spirit of unity, solidarity, peace, understanding and fair play, without any discrimination on the basis of politics, race, religion, gender or any other reason, to safeguard the values of European football, to maintain relations with all stakeholders involved in European football, and to support and safeguard its member associations for the overall well-being of the European game. 

We have a clear vision: a united European football family working together to improve enjoyment of the game.

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