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United States

San Francisco, California, Us

• Structure, draft, and negotiate artist/music channel license, premium content, live event, sponsorship, synchronization, collaboration, technology, and other music commercial agreements; • Support drafting and negotiation of music performance rights blanket licenses with performance rights and collective rights management organizations;• Draft legal, financial, and communications summaries of new music agreements for inter-departmental operationalization;• Structure, draft, negotiate, and review multiple commercial agreements related to business operations such as procurement, technology agreements, global infrastructure, etc. and content e-sports licensing and event production deals. • Counsel teams on business/legal issues, including intellectual property, technology, digital media, e-sports events/tournaments;• Support continuous improvements to forms and draft legal guidelines to aid business development teams in expediting and streamlining deal-closure, improve processes, and guide internal education, etc.

China, China, Cn

Support negotiations for and drafting of music license agreements for ByteDance’s products including its flagship short form video platform TikTok. Negotiating, drafting, reviewing and interpreting synchronization and reproduction rights license agreements with record labels, aggregators, music publishers and performing rights societies worldwide. Working cross-functionally with Music Content and other ByteDance/TikTok teams to clear rights for music-related marketing and promotion initiatives. Providing tactical and strategic advice to ByteDance/TikTok’s business and product teams related to legal requirements for and legal implications of the uses of music, including UGC and “safe harbor” on the respective platforms.

Responsible for providing legal counsel, negotiating and drafting agreements pertaining to all aspects of Disney Music Group’s businesses, including concert, artist, music publishing/administration, touring, merchandising, name and likeness, sponsorships/endorsements, producer, mixer, remixer, sideartist, video production, photographer, soundtrack album, marketing agreements and master use licenses, and providing legal support in handling claims, researching rights issues, and other agreements relating to the daily operations of DMG record labels and related DMG activities.

Universal City, Ca, Us

• Draft, review, analyze, and interpret a variety of agreements including synch, composer, performer, songwriter, and producer deals in order to provide expedited advice regarding ownership and legal issues;• Contract interpretation, memorialization, and distribution of music catalog copyright information;• Liaise with business leaders from various divisions across the company to understand and aide with individual business objectives and provide with strategic and/or general advice regarding music;• Forecast domestic and international market trends and industry shifts and advise management and partners;• Initiate and cultivate business relationships with inter-departmental business leaders, attorneys, major ad agencies, film companies, video game companies to grow licensing business and network;• Negotiate and issue quotes for a variety of worldwide licensing deals;• Contribute to the development and innovation of corporate policy for new media monetization and copyright protection;• Research extensive ownership rights including chain-of-title analyses;• Develop and maintain database of licensing operations;• Create, analyze, and distribute licensing financial reports for all quotes and revenue;• License/income tracking;• Oversee and direct Publishing Administrator management of catalog including clearance, negotiation of licensing fees/terms, PRO registration, copyright, royalties, and counterclaims;• Recruit, manage, train, and mentor departmental and intern staff;• Organize cue sheet screenings to ensure accurate ownership claims and third party clearance.

Us

• Negotiated music for film, television, home video/DVD, theatrical performances, karaoke, etc.; • Drafted and tracked licenses for negotiated deals• Researched prospective projects;• Liaised with international sub-publishers and advised clients on terms and fees for use of their music; • Cue sheet and commercial performance registration• Trained colleagues on protocol for the newly acquired Windswept and Trio/Quartet catalog• Trained new colleagues on departmental protocol and individual job duties, etc.

• Reported directly to CEO• Programmed and designed soundscape of nine genres/stations;• Oversaw general office, Human Resources and Accounting operations: payroll, A/P, A/R;• Executed and administered all new Music Service Agreements.

Juris Doctor

B.S., Music Industry