Head of Legal, Prism Media LLC

Company Description

Prism Media LLC (“Prism Media”) is a newly established portfolio company of Soros Fund Management LLC (“SFM”), a global asset manager and family office with approximately $28 billion in assets under management.

Prism Media is a centralized operating platform that supports a growing number of leading digital media and information businesses within SFM’s Media Partnerships and Investments portfolio, including Crooked Media, First We Feast, Her Campus Media, and MeidasTouch Network.

The Prism Media team provides finance, legal, human resources, and operations capabilities to drive efficiency, enable growth, and help shape the next phase of each business.

Role Overview

The Head of Legal will lead day-to-day legal work across SFM’ media portfolio . This includes contract review, partner and key vendor agreements, and senior employee and consultant agreements across portfolio companies.

The role serves as the primary legal partner to portfolio leadership and works closely with SFM’s central legal and compliance teams on investment transactions, material disputes, and r egulatory matters. This role will collaborate with SFM’s legal resources within portfolio companies and/ or external co unsel where appropriate , while maintaining overall responsib i l ity for ensuring work is delivered to a high standard.

In addition, this role will establish and maintain legal structures and governance frameworks across entities, ensuring consistency and scalability as the portfolio grows.

This is a full-time, New York-area role requiring four in-office days per week in our New York city office.

Major Responsibilities

Legal Advisory & Business Partnership

Oversee day-to-day legal work across portfolio companies, including contract review, commercial agreements, and senior employee and consultant agreements

Serve as the primary legal partner to portfolio leadership, providing practical, business-oriented advice on ongoing operations

Work with SFM’s central legal and compliance teams on investment transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters, ensuring alignment with portfolio needs

Governance, Compliance, & Legal Frameworks

Establish and maintain entity structures and governance frameworks across a mix of minority and controlled investments

Set and maintain clear, practical legal standards (templates, policies, playbooks) across companies where consistency is helpful

Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations across jurisdictions, working with internal and external partners as needed

Legal Operations & Infrastructure

Manage and coordinate external counsel, including selecting firms, scoping work, and controlling costs

Identify and implement off-the-shelf automation tools and processes to improve contract review, tracking, and legal workflows

What We Value:

Bachelor’s degree and JD required, with excellent academic record

A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in corporate law

Experience working on both day-to-day commercial legal work (e.g., contracts, employment, vendor agreements) and transactional matters (e.g., investments, acquisitions, structuring)

Enthusiasm to support multiple operating teams across a portfolio

Interest in working across a portfolio of businesses, rather than a single company or purely investment-focused role

Team player with a positive, “can-do” attitude

Highly responsive, diligent, and detail-oriented

Excellent organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written

Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment

Practical, business-oriented judgment

Familiarity with standard legal tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat); openness to use and adopt new tools, including AI, to improve workflows

What Success Looks Like

Legal work is handled quickly and pragmatically, without slowing down operators or decision-making

Portfolio leadership views legal as a responsive, business-oriented partner they trust and go to early

Contracts and commercial agreements (including production, partner, and vendor agreements) are clear, consistent, and easy to use across companies

Entity structures and governance frameworks are well-organized, easy to manage, and scale as new companies and transactions are added

Legal practices are consistent across the portfolio where appropriate, without creating unnecessary process or rigidity

SFM’s central legal and compliance teams are effectively leveraged on transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters, with clear roles and no duplication of work

External counsel is used selectively and efficiently, with strong cost control and clear scoping

Legal risks are identified early and addressed in a practical way that supports the business

We anticipate the base salary of this role to be between $320,000 to $350,000. In addition to a base salary, the successful candidate will also be eligible to receive a discretionary year-end bonus.