What are the responsibilities and job description for the Counsel position at Monumental Sports & Entertainment?
Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) is one of the largest integrated sports and entertainment companies in the country with one of the most diverse partnership groups in all of sports. MSE owns and operates seven major and minor sports teams: 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s 2019 Championship Washington Mystics, NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go, 2021 & 2020 NBA 2K League Champion Wizards District Gaming and Caps Gaming, an esports sub-brand of the Capitals. Additionally, it holds a significant investment in a seventh professional team, Team Liquid, an endemic esports team owned and operated by aXiomatic, in which MSE is an investor.
In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals’, Wizards’, and Mystics’ games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.
In addition to Capital One Arena – a venue which hosts 3M visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000 live event venue on George Mason University’s campus).
In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook.
MSE opened “District E powered by Ticketmaster” in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.
MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:
- You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
- You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
- You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
- You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
- You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
- You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
- You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.
Position Overview: The Counsel will assist the Executive Vice President & General Counsel and other members of the Office of the General Counsel with legal and compliance matters associated with MSE and its family of professional sports teams, venues, media properties, and more. This role will perform a variety of legal activities to protect the reputation and business interests of the organization and its teams, with a particular focus on corporate transactions and matters related to corporate governance and corporate finance as well as commercial transactions.
Do you have experience with corporate legal matters as well as a willingness to learn and provide support across wide-ranging legal fields? We would love to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Manage corporate transactions matters, including ownership transactions, financing transactions, and other corporate matters.
- Manage corporate governance issues, including oversight of corporate records and entity formation related documents and matters.
- Review, prepare, and negotiate commercial contracts, amendments, and extensions, flagging issues as needed.
- Conduct legal research and provide analysis and advice on issues across MSE’s activities.
- Support the monitoring and maintenance of MSE’s intellectual property portfolio.
- Ensure consistent compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, contractual obligations, and league rules.
- Assist with project management.
- Assist with creation and implementation of corporate policies across all MSE activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- JD degree from an accredited institution.
- Admission to DC bar or willingness to acquire admission. 3-5 years of legal experience is desired.
- Experience in a corporate law firm department is desired.
- Strong organizational and project management skills vital to support and advise internal clients and ensure projects are completed in a timely and effective manner.
- Flexibility to adapt in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, consistently learning to advise on new or changing areas of the law and deliver on time-sensitive requests.
- Ability to build positive relationships and apply strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal departments and other organizations.
- Detailed transactional contract drafting experience.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Pay Range: $150-175k USD.
Benefit Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in health and welfare benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $150,000 - $175,000