Senior Legal Counsel
Current- Supports Programming team, which includes original Canadian productions and acquired international programming- Leads negotiations of many development and licence agreements for Bell Media's linear, SVOD, AVOD and digital platforms (including CTV conventional and specialty channels, Crave, TSN, MuchMusic). - involves working with Canadian producers, US studios and international distributors- Supports in-house productions team by establishing best practices to mitigate risks on daily talk shows and new productions, including Battle of the Generations and MuchMusic/TikTok collaboration- Provides risk analysis on new uses of artificial intelligence (AI)- Advises on, negotiates and drafts agreements for digital development team, including agreements with creators and digital platforms- Regularly managing a large volume of files and multiple deadlines