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Brown Advisory is currently seeking a professional and client-focused individual to fill a Strategic Advisor role based out of our Austin office location. Strategic Advisors are essential in Brown Advisory’s effort to provide holistic financial guidance to clients. They are professionals (typically, attorneys, accountants or financial planners) with expertise in various related planning topics, including tax planning, trust and estate planning, accounting, fiduciary matters, and business advisory. For affluent families with significant portfolios and complex financial circumstances, focusing exclusively on investment returns is simply not enough, and other difficult issues—taxes, estate planning, intergenerational wealth transfers, family businesses, family dynamics and philanthropic aspirations, among others—often matter as much or more for such families than portfolio returns. In addition, these issues require a thoughtful planning process that can take years or decades to come to fruition. That’s why Brown Advisory employs a “strategic advisory” approach for its clients that complements its investment management expertise.
The Sr. Counsel, Intellectual Property within the Brands and Content IP team will provide strategic legal guidance and oversight on IP issues arising from content production, brand development and global expansion initiatives. They will serve as a key advisor to senior business leaders and collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to protect and enhance NBCUniversal’s IP assets.
Responsibilities:
- Counsel and collaborate with senior creative, business and legal executives and cross-functional teams on trademark, copyright, domain name and related IP matters, including innovative products and services, global brand launches and high-profile productions
- Responsible for clearance of titles, trademarks, character names and content-related assets for client businesses and strategic initiatives
- Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders on complex, multi-layered issues requiring immediate decisions
- Manage prosecution and enforcement of trademarks and other IP assets, both domestically and internationally
- Conduct due diligence and integration of IP assets in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
- Collaborate with BCIP colleagues in other regions to handle the brand protection and enforcement of NBCUniversal brands, for matters such as counterfeit takedowns, impersonation claims, infringements and customs seizures
- Handle domain name acquisitions and UDRP’s for client businesses
- Work with the rest of the department to support the overall intellectual property protection efforts of the company
The VP/Senior Counsel – Distribution Legal role will provide advice and support with respect to the negotiation and management of Versant’s distribution relationships for its portfolio of linear and digital properties. Primary responsibilities of the Distribution Sales & Partnership group are:
- Distribution of the Versant portfolio of television networks, including the NBC and Telemundo owned television stations, national cable networks (MSNBC, CNBC, USA, E!, Syfy, Golf, and Oxygen) and related digital content to a wide range of companies, spanning MVPDs, virtual MVPDs, and OTT/streaming platforms.
- Distribution of Versant’s free ad-supported streaming (FAST) channels to connected TV and mobile device-associated platforms (e.g., The Roku Channel, FreeVee, Samsung TV Plus) as well as standalone FAST platforms (e.g., Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex).
- All other third-party distribution of Versant’s sports, news and entertainment content, as well as new partnerships and accretive transactions related to that content.
In addition to drafting and negotiating these agreements, the VP/Senior Counsel – Distribution Legal role will be responsible for partnering with internal business units (e.g., marketing, finance) and their legal teams to align distribution priorities with companywide objectives as well as provide advice and ensure compliance with respect to current agreements.