Corporate Counsel – General/ Real Estate

Corporate Counsel provides and oversees corporate legal services for our television stations, networks and other businesses. 

Responsibilities of this role will include:

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and interpreting a variety of complex commercial agreements, including, but not limited to, advertising agreements, music license agreements, employment agreements, service and vendor agreements and technology and IT agreements. 
• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and interpreting real estate revenue and expense leases and purchase and sale agreements. 
• Overseeing the management, monitoring and tracking of the agreements.
• Improving, creating and updating form agreements and enhancements to the contract management system to improve aspects of contracting procedures.
• Functioning as a liaison between Sinclair’s legal department and the engineering, real estate, procurement, technology and other departments.
• From time to time, assisting with transactions, corporate governance, regulatory and other matters.
• Collaborating with subsidiary executives and counsel, outside counsel, and internal management.
• Conducting legal research as necessary.

Requirements:

• J.D. from an ABA accredited law school with exceptional academic credentials.
• Admission to at least one State Bar.
• Minimum of 5 years corporate and/or commercial experience at a leading law firm, in-house, or a combination thereof. 3+ full years of law firm experience in a corporate department preferred. Broadcast, FCC or other media law related experience a plus.
• Excellent communication (written and oral), interpersonal, organizational and computer skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively and provide leadership to the team.
• This role is based entirely on-site at our Cockeysville, Maryland Headquarters