Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE ROLE

The position requires an experienced real property attorney focused on international venue development and construction. The role involves reviewing, negotiating and assisting with drafting leases, land purchase and construction contracts and other related agreements in markets outside the U.S. in collaboration with local counsel and managing related due diligence efforts. The role will work with Blueprint, our in-house design and construction team, to negotiate and review owner-architect, construction, vendor and related agreements. The role also requires coordination with internal finance, operations, risk management, M&A, tax and other stakeholders, in the structuring and drafting of leases and other real property agreements and working knowledge of real estate/construction financing. This position reports to the Chief Legal Officer of the US Concerts division. Some travel required.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Support business leads in all project construction and development activities. You'll be expected to take the lead on multiple development projects, keeping the CLO updated and escalating/discuss as necessary.
• Oversee all development documents for a project – from consultant appointments, to general contractor agreements, planning and zoning implementation agreements and anything else required. Where appropriate and workload, experience and complexity permit, you might draft these yourself. You'll certainly be at the heart of negotiating them all - where outside counsel lead, your detailed review and input into the documents and negotiation process will be critical.
• Negotiate, draft and review venue leases and owner-architect, construction, vendor and related agreements.
• Review real estate and construction financing proposals and agreements in conjunction with local counsel and business team members.
• Conduct due diligence review of title, survey, environmental, etc.
• Review and draft various commercial contracts.
• Coordinate with other in-house attorneys, finance and business leads on deal structure and on operational matters such as venue licensing/permitting.
• Supervise external, local counsel relationships from matter inception to project completion. This will include: Monitoring matter budgets
• Be main point of contact for external firms, ensuring their resources are engaged in an efficient and productive manner
• Guide and instruct local counsel, ensuring they deliver deals and documentation in line with the Group's needs and the project's objectives
• Act as conduit for information from the business units to external counsel
• Source local advice on development in new markets

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• J.D. from accredited law school and California bar membership in good standing, or willingness and qualification to be Registered In-House Counsel.
• At least 8-11+ years legal experience negotiating and drafting sophisticated, cross-border and real estate transaction agreements in private practice, in-house or in the entertainment, sports or hospitality industry.
• Background in international real estate development projects preferred.
• Experience in real estate purchase and/or construction financing preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to work under pressure and deadlines.
• Exceptional judgment and ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle a high volume, coordinate input from multiple divisions and work through projects with minimal supervision
• Commitment to responsiveness. Desire to partner with business executives to provide solutions.
• Strong analytic and concise writing skills.

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)

YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program

FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support

CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment

OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the CO EPEWA, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

The expected compensation for this position is:

$280,000.00 USD - $350,000.00 USD
Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.