Head of Legal & Business Affairs, Warner Music Asia Pacific
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Overview
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title
Head of Legal & Business Affairs, Warner Music Asia Pacific
What you’ll do
Team Leadership & Management: Lead, mentor, and develop the regional legal team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Drive productivity and efficiency within the legal function to provide best-in-class support to the business.
Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with senior leadership to shape and implement strategic initiatives that drive commercial growth and market expansion within the region.
Deal Negotiation: Lead and support negotiations for a wide range of commercial agreements, including artist recording contracts, licensing and distribution deals, joint-ventures, brand partnerships, digital distribution and technology agreements.
Litigation & Dispute Management: Oversee and strategically manage all litigation, disputes, and regulatory inquiries within the region, working with external counsel where necessary to achieve effective resolutions.
Data Management: help support business optimisation and management through robust data collection and management processes.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure the company’s operations comply with all relevant local laws and regulations. Implement and monitor adherence to group policies and procedures, managing risk effectively across the region.
Training & Development: Design and deliver engaging legal training to business teams on key topics such as copyright, contract law, and compliance to empower them to make informed decisions.
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Provide legal support and due diligence for regional M&A activities and strategic investment opportunities.
About you
Qualified Lawyer: You are a qualified lawyer with a current practicing certificate.
Experienced Leader: You have a minimum of 10+ years' post-qualification experience, ideally gained both in a reputable law firm and in-house within the media, entertainment, or technology sectors.
Technical Expert: You possess exceptional knowledge of contract law and deep expertise in copyright law (IP) and intellectual property matters.
Pragmatic Problem-Solver: You are a commercially astute and strategic thinker, known for providing pragmatic, solutions-oriented legal advice that balances legal risk with business objectives.
Proven Manager: You have demonstrable experience managing and developing legal professionals.
Excellent Communicator: You have outstanding negotiation, drafting, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Desirable Experience: Experience in handling M&A transactions would be a significant advantage.
This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it’s essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.
About Us
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.
Equal Opportunity
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.
Central & Western District, Hong Kong SAR
