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Comcast · 1 month ago

Associate Counsel, Content Acquisition Legal

Comcast is a leading media and technology company that drives innovation to create exceptional entertainment experiences. The role involves assisting in content licensing for the Cable business, managing commercial agreements, and providing legal advice on licensing and regulatory issues.

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Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including, but not limited to, complex content acquisition and distribution agreements, services and other agreements for cable, broadcast, Internet and advanced broadband products and services and related businesses
Manage litigation in content and programming areas, as well as compliance with various regulatory obligations
Provide legal advice to Cable Division executives on day to day licensing and content matters, including licensing and regulatory issues that relate to traditional cable offerings, new media products, and other distribution and content offerings

Qualification

Contract draftingTransactional experienceNegotiationContent licensingRegulatory complianceProblem resolutionSound judgmentCommunication skillsTeam collaborationIndependent work

Required

Minimum 2-5 years combined transactional experience with a recognized law firm and/or corporate legal department
Excellent drafting, negotiating, problem solving, and communication skills
Ability to work effectively with management and operations personnel, simultaneously manage multiple projects and meet deadlines with consistently high quality work product
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as ability to work cooperatively with small teams as the circumstances may require
Comfortable with spanning across practice groups, gathering feedback and spotting issues outside primary area of responsibility
Familiarity with content licensing (including linear cable television licensing, video application licensing and other video and music licensing), new media content technologies, cable and broadband businesses, Internet and e-commerce law (including transactional and subscription-based offerings) a strong plus
Familiarity with litigation, antitrust, privacy, FCC and FTC regulatory law a strong plus
Bachelor's degree
Law Degree. Top 20% of class and law review preferred
Member of a state bar in good standing, and eligible for Pennsylvania Bar or Pennsylvania Limited In-House Corporate Counsel License

Company

Comcast is a media and technology company that provides broadband internet, mobile services, and entertainment platforms. It is a sub-organization of SkyShowtime.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (705)
2024 (561)
2023 (624)
2022 (750)
2021 (588)
2020 (583)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.92B
Key Investors
California Public Utilities CommissionMassachussetts Broadband InstituteMaine Connectivity Authority
2025-11-13Grant· $3.2M
2024-07-02Grant· $2.69M
2023-04-24Grant· $0.28M

Leadership Team

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Neil Smit
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Candy Lawson
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel
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