Senior Corporate Counsel

About Fanatics Collectibles:
Over the last decade, Fanatics has built one of the world’s most transformative companies and has innovated the sports industry in ways that no other brand has. Today, consumers have more choices at their fingertips than ever before, and Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform to create interactive, lasting fan experiences, which also helps partners establish better direct-to-consumer relationships in today’s highly competitive world. Currently, Fanatics’ platform features the largest selection of officially licensed fan merchandise, sports betting and iGaming, trading cards, memorabilia, a broad range of collectibles, live-commerce, online marketplace, vaulting services, printing and manufacturing services, event services, and related services and products, and much more.

At Fanatics Collectibles – IT IS ALL FOR THE COLLECTORS

The Role:
Fanatics’ Legal team is seeking an experienced and talented attorney to join as Sr Corporate Counsel for the Collectibles business. In this role, you will work closely with both domestic and international teams, partnering with senior leadership across the organization. Your primary focus will be on general corporate matters, with particular responsibility for managing our athlete partnership agreements and related processes.
This is a strategic, hands-on position for a results-driven, business-minded attorney. You will serve as a key member of the legal team, helping to lead the legal strategy and execution across the full spectrum of legal matters impacting Fanatics Collectibles.
 

Responsibilities & Duties:
The Sr Corporate Counsel will provide legal counsel across a wide range of matters related to the day-to-day operations of the Fanatics Collectibles business. This includes advising leadership and cross-functional teams on key legal and business issues. Key responsibilities include:

• Serving as key legal counsel for the overall Collectibles organization, with responsibilities across corporate, commercial, business, and transactional matters.
• Leading and overseeing the Athlete Partnership legal team, including day-to-day management of athlete and talent agreements, renewals, negotiations, and related workflows.
• Supporting and advising on all aspects of consumer product licensing, including drafting, negotiating, and managing inbound and outbound licensing agreements.
• Advising on legal risks and business structuring, as well as drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of contracts and commercial agreements.
• Managing and driving legal advice and execution for Fanatics Collectibles, ensuring alignment with business priorities and risk tolerance.
• Developing and implementing business-appropriate policies, programs, and best practices across the legal and compliance functions.
• Conducting legal training and education sessions related to key areas of responsibility.

Educational and Professional Experience/Other Requirements:

• At least eight plus (8+) years of professional legal work experience at a law firm and in-house directly advising senior leadership clients on complex corporate, commercial, business, and transactional matters.
• In-house legal experience required.
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school or international equivalent.
• Member in good standing of at least one US State Bar.
• In office role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Be a doer whose ready, willing and able to roll up your sleeves, jump in and get things done.
• Be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of taking ownership of projects/matters.
• Have a strong desire to assume a wide variety of responsibilities, be flexible and grow with the company.
• Able to accomplish multiple tasks at once while balancing competing objectives and deadlines.
• Produce high-quality carefully crafted work product in a timely manner.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Work effectively both independently and as a team player in a team oriented environment, friendly and excited about “play nice” culture.
• Be confident, be a collaborator and initiative taker.
• Do not watch the clock, be flexible, invested, committed and immersed in the excitement about and commitment to the success of our businesses.
• Strong understanding of the Collectibles businesses and overall Fanatics operations.
• Be a creative thinker who can initiate and develop alternative approaches to complex issues.
• Have a “how” state of mind, not a yes/no advisor.
• Professional and have a perfect sense of integrity, reliable and does the right thing.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent legal and business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to synthesize complex data for a range of audiences. Ability to advise all levels of seniority, summarize bottom line concise advice and in the same time able to expand to full spectrum of details and analysis as appropriate.
• Able to function in excellence in a high-paced, entrepreneurial and constantly evolving and fast-moving environment.
• Aim to be best in class – goal oriented and task focused learner who is innovative and influential.
• Driven to win, ambassador of the Fanatics brand who brings passion, energy and positivity into the workplace.
• Ability to travel frequently on short notice.

LETS GO!

Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. 

Fanatics Collectibles is a new model and vision for the hobby, fundamentally changing the experience for current and future collectors, leagues, and players across many U.S. and international professional and college sports. The organization has long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several sports and entertainment properties, including MLB, MLBPA, the Premier League, MLS, UFC, Formula 1 as well as Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, among others. In January 2022, Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of Topps, establishing the preeminent licensed trading card brand as the cornerstone of Fanatics’ trading cards and collectibles business, and jumpstarted its MLB and MLBPA rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards