Jennifer Baltimore

SVP, Business & Legal Affairs @Universal Music Group

Los Angeles, CA, US
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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2016 — Present

SVP, Business & Legal Affairs @Universal Music Group

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Retained to handle special projects for UMG’s Chairman that include deals of first impression requiring templatizing for scale across UMG’s labels and new business ventures, including UMG’s TV, film and podcasting businesses: Polygram Entertainment TV & Film (Documentary, Scripted and Digital Programming Production, Creator and EP Rights Acquisitions, Third Party Production, Co-Financing and International Distribution). Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs Retained to handle special projects for UMG’s Chairman that include deals of first impression requiring templatizing for scale across UMG’s labels and new business ventures, including UMG’s TV, film and brand businesses: Polygram Entertainment, Mercury Studios, UMG Brands. Manage structuring, negotiating and drafting agreements for Long-form (TV & Film), Digital Video and Podcasting Programming and Brand Partnerships including long-form agreements relating to rights (e.g, literary option and purchase agreement and life rights agreements), creative, talent, development, production, distribution, licensing, sales agent and business/revenue. Lead attorneys & paralegals. Manage outside counsel. Facilitated UMG’s adoption of technological business solutions by tailoring “bespoke” deals such as with Create Music, a new talent finding platform and claiming business. Standardized legal processes for new division, Polygram Entertainment, by developing templates to enable development, production and distribution of music-driven television and film projects with consistency. Sped up green-lighting of projects and improved tracking of key dates for financing, production, talent and distribution by implementing approval and tracking procedures. Negotiated deals for development, production, sale and distribution of film and television projects (e.g, Pavarotti documentary, Ice Cold docuseries, Fox Animation scripted feature and Netflix feature film), generating multi-million dollars in revenue.

EDUCATION

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University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics; French

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Duke University School of Law

Doctor of Law - JD

SKILLS

New MediaCorporate GovernanceCorporate LawIntellectual PropertyLegal AffairsStrategic PartnershipsEntertainmentSoftware LicensingDigital MediaJoint VenturesStrategyEntertainment LawContract NegotiationBusiness AffairsLicensingBusiness DevelopmentMusic IndustryCopyright Law

ABOUT JENNIFER BALTIMORE

Accomplished and adaptive business executive experienced in legal operations, management…

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