--- title: 'Legal Affairs Fellow at Hook Music' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/legal-affairs-fellow-hook-music-new-york-wf9hvmc0fyyc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # Legal Affairs Fellow at Hook Music - **Company:** Hook Music - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hookmusic/604910a4-8bc5-4aa0-925a-58535e5bfe11 ## Job description ## About Hook Hook is a social music platform, backed by top-tier investors, building the next generation of music discovery, fan expression, and creator growth. We turn the songs people love into sounds they can play with — enabling fans and creators to reimagine music through intuitive, remix-friendly experiences with zero learning curve. By partnering directly with artists, labels, and rightsholders, Hook ensures music is discovered, shared, and expressed in ways that respect and reward the people behind it. At Hook, music isn’t just consumed — it’s experienced, expressed, and made personal. ## Role Overview This is not your typical entry-level legal role. As Legal Affairs Fellow at Hook, you will work directly alongside the General Counsel with hands-on responsibility for virtually every facet of an in-house legal practice. From day-to-day operational documents to complex content licensing and IP transactions, you will be doing the real legal affairs work of a fast-moving early-stage music and consumer tech startup. This role is designed for a 3L or recent law school graduate who already has a foundation in music, IP, or technology law and wants to understand what it truly means to serve as General Counsel within a dynamic music technology startup —not just in theory, but in practice. You will work cross-functionally within the company, learning from and collaborating with immensely talented professionals within Hook’s content, engineering, marketing, operations, and business development teams. You will have the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the company and to see your ideas and work come to fruition. This role demands excellent drafting and communication skills, an eye for detail, sound judgment about when to escalate, a passion for technology and the law, a self-driven ability to learn quickly and, most importantly: an insatiable curiosity. For the right candidate, this fellowship is designed as a path to a permanent role on Hook’s legal team as the company grows. Conversion to a permanent position is at Hook’s discretion and is not guaranteed. ## What You’ll Do Day-to-Day Legal Operations - Draft, redline, and manage non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality agreements, taking first-pass ownership of the negotiation - Prepare and process offer letters, contractor agreements, and other employment-related documents - Support corporate governance and organizational housekeeping, including board and stockholder consents and corporate records Transactional & Commercial Work - Draft and redline service agreements, vendor contracts, and partnership deals, and support their negotiation through signature - Assist with content licensing agreements with labels, publishers, and other rightsholders, as well as sync licenses and content distribution deals - Conduct due diligence and support deal execution across a range of commercial transactions Intellectual Property & Entertainment - Research and advise on copyright, trademark, and other IP matters relevant to the music, entertainment, and digital media industries - Review and redline complex IP licensing and rights agreements - Support Hook’s trademark and patent portfolio, working with outside counsel - Monitor industry developments, regulatory changes, and emerging legal issues in entertainment and digital media, including AI, UGC, and platform liability General Counsel Exposure - Participate in cross-functional projects with business, creative, and product teams - Gain exposure to risk assessment, compliance, and corporate strategy at the executive level - Build and improve internal legal templates, playbooks, policies, and legal operations processes. ## Qualifications & Experience Required - 3L at an ABA-accredited law school or a recent law school graduate, with strong academic credentials. - Demonstrated experience in music, intellectual property, and/or technology law—through prior internships, clinics, journal work, coursework, or professional experience before or during law school. - Hands-on drafting and redlining experience: you have marked up real agreements (NDAs, services agreements, licenses, or similar) in an internship, clinic, or prior role and are comfortable working in tracked changes. - A strong understanding of music copyright law and the corresponding licenses (sound recording and musical composition rights; mechanical, performance, and sync licensing). - Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills. - Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. - Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and is comfortable taking ownership of matters with General Counsel oversight. - Comfort with social media consumption patterns and creator / UGC platforms. - Strong interpersonal and communication skills—comfortable collaborating across teams. ## Preferred - Prior in-house, law firm, label, publisher, or DSP experience in music, entertainment, or technology. - An understanding of the current commercial and legal landscape within the entertainment industries, music, social media, UGC, music consumption, and creator marketplaces. - Familiarity with emerging issues at the intersection of AI and copyright, including training data and AI-generated content. - Experience working at an early-stage startup (Seed–Series B). - For recent graduates: admitted to, or sitting for, the New York bar. - Passion for music and technology. ## About Hook Music ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Hook Music is a venture-backed social music platform that lets users remix and mashup songs with intuitive creative tools and share them across social networks. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; last raised $10M in February 2026) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Gaurav Sharma ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Social music technology / AI-powered audio remixing - **Target customers**: B2C – music lovers, content creators, artists; B2B partnerships with labels and rights holders - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Turn the songs you love into sounds you can play with.” – Hook empowers fans to express themselves by remixing music with zero learning curve, while ensuring artists and rightsholders are respected and rewarded. ## Products & Services - **Hook App (iOS/Android)**: A social music app that provides remix and mashup tools, video editing capabilities, and direct sharing to platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. Integrates with SoundCloud and Snapchat Lenses. - **Creative Tools**: Intuitive, AI-assisted audio manipulation (pitch, tempo, effects) designed for both casual fans and creators. - **Partnership Platform**: Licenses catalog from major labels and artists to enable legal remixing and user-generated content. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - Annual Revenue: ~$200,000 (as per LinkedIn) - Total Funding: $22.3M across 4 rounds (Seed rounds in 2023–2025, Series A in Feb 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - Lead Series A investor: Khosla Ventures - Other investors: Point72 Ventures, Waverley Capital, Imaginary Ventures, The Raine Group, Palm Tree Crew Investments (Kygo’s fund) - Partners: SoundCloud, Snapchat, Too Lost (distribution) - **Growth Signals**: - Named by Billboard as one of the Top AI Music Companies Leading the Future of the Industry in 2026 - Headcount grew ~26% YoY to 33 employees (as of mid-2026) - Launched interactive remix Lenses on Snapchat - 6 active job postings as of July 2026 ## Competitive Advantages - **Licensed Content**: Partnerships with major labels and rightsholders allow legal remixing, differentiating from unlicensed competitors. - **AI + Creative Tools**: Proprietary AI for audio analysis and remixing combined with a frictionless mobile interface. - **Social Integration**: Deep ties with SoundCloud, Snapchat, and TikTok enable viral sharing loops. - **Founding Team**: Led by CEO Gaurav Sharma with strong engineering, AI, and music industry talent (e.g., Katerina Kosta – Head of AI; Prash Mistry – Head of Audio Development). ## Strategic Focus - **Product Expansion**: Enhancing mobile remixing and video editing capabilities; building out the creator community. - **Partnership Growth**: Scaling label integrations and exploring new distribution channels (e.g., Snapchat, SoundCloud). - **Talent Acquisition**: Hiring across engineering (Android, iOS, backend), product management, brand communications, and creator partnerships. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Fast-paced startup with a mission to make music participatory; emphasis on creativity and technology. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Headquartered in New York, NY; hybrid likely (not explicitly stated). Roles may require presence in NYC. - **Notable Perks/Engineering Culture**: - Work with cutting-edge audio AI and mobile tech (tech stack includes GraphQL, Python, PyTorch, Kotlin, TypeScript, Terraform, etc.) - Lean engineering team (~9 technical staff) offering high ownership and impact. - Opportunities to shape the future of music interaction in partnership with major artists and labels. - **Recent departures**: COO/CPO Simmi Singh left in Jan 2026 – may indicate restructuring or growth pivot. ## Sources 1. [hookmusic.com](https://www.hookmusic.com/) 2. [hookmusic.com/careers](https://www.hookmusic.com/careers) 3. [hookmusic.com/about](https://www.hookmusic.com/about) 4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/hook-media) 5. [linkedin.com/company/hookmusic](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hookmusic) ## Other roles at Hook Music - [Data Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/data-intern-hook-music-new-york-z0sf44qkkcnx) — New York, NY - [Product Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/product-intern-hook-music-new-york-4aqkxqcm301k) — New York, NY - [Social Media Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/social-media-lead-hook-music-new-york-tpvma30wbfec) — New York, NY