Media, Sport & Entertainment Associate

The role

CMS is seeking a Technology & Media Associate with 2-4 years of PQE to join its highly regarded Media, Sports & Entertainment team in London. This role focuses on media rights sales mandates, acting as a key point of contact for a significant client relationship, and supporting senior lawyers on other sports-related and media work within the Technology, Media, IP and Competition practice group.

What you'll do

• Act as a primary day-to-day junior associate on media rights matters relating to a leading sporting competition, taking ownership of workstreams and maintaining a deep understanding of the client's business and priorities
• Be actively involved in advice relating to package formulation, tendering, auction processes, contracting, financial security and operational arrangements
• Work across a broad range of media rights, commercial, IP and sports-related matters for clients across the media and sport sectors
• Develop existing and new client relationships
• Adopt and encourage the adoption of a sophisticated approach to AI usage in your work and that of the team throughout the lifecycle of a project

What we're looking for

Benefits