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Maintain private practice counseling clients on entertainment matters including but not limited to recording agreements, publishing deals, label deals, joint ventures, digital distribution etc., employment contracts. Negotiate and structure deal terms, agreements to license artist content via webcasting, digital downloading and streaming. Provide legal representation to a variety of artists, production companies and new media companies and new media companies.

Of Counsel at a boutique litigation & entertainment law firm; developed and oversaw all transactional matters within Entertainment Department; initiate and evaluate new client opportunities in music, television, film and new media; advise firm on drafting and negotiating talent, distribution, multi-media, licensing, and publishing contracts.

Oversaw daily operations of multi-million dollar music/entertainment management company founded by music mogul Tommy Motola (former CEO of Sony Music); oversaw legal business and marketing promotional activities with respect to company record label(artist include Lindsay Lohan, Mika, and Ryan Leslie), production department, publishing department and website; drafted and negotiated talent, joint venture, IP, distribution, licensing and new media agreements; identify, developed and implemented corporate‐wide strategies for executing and managing strategic business partnerships and content placement opportunities with major record, publishing and entertainment companies, domestic and international product distributors, multi-media, marketing and promotional initiatives; managed administrative/creative staff.

Represented and advised clients from all facets of the recording industry. Structured recording deals, label deals and publishing agreements negotiated business transactions for actors, writers, producers in the recording and television industries. Represented and advised clients based in publishing, film, recording industries, and renegotiated multimillion dollar recording deals on a regular basis. Drafted and negotiated talent joint venture distribution, licensing and new media agreements.

Drafted and negotiated talent licensing and production contracts; initiated and evaluated business licensing and new media opportunities (talent, film, music). Reviewed and drafted agreements on behalf of recording artist record producers, songwriters and independent record labels. Provided legal representation to variety of artist production companies and record labels. Negotiated agreements for music talent including terms and conditions, recording structure, royalties non-traditional revenue streams and marketing terms.

Drafted and negotiated artist, producer and licensing agreements for records labels, recording artists, producers and writer: clients included Missy Elliot, Rocafella Records, Tim “Timbaland” Mosley (multi platinum artist and producer of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Aaliyah).