Senior Entertainment (Music) Associate

Reed Smith LLP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Smith LLP’s Los Angeles office seeks a practitioner in the music practice who advises a diverse roster of clients on high-level transactions across recording, publishing, administration, catalog deals, management, joint ventures, sponsorships, and digital licensing.

The role involves providing legal counsel on music M&A transactions, including due diligence and the preparation, review, and negotiation of acquisition, sale, and financing agreements, with emphasis on copyright and AI

Qualifications

• Advises a diverse roster of music clients on high-level transactions.
• Collaborates on recording, publishing, administration, catalog acquisitions/sales and music ventures.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal counsel on music M&A transactions, including due diligence and drafting/negotiating acquisition, sale, and financing agreements.
• Support clients on licensing, management, sponsorships, and digital licensing matters.
• Address copyright and AI-related legal issues in music deals.

Skills

Music industry transactions

Contract negotiation

Copyright & AI

Job description

Overview

• The practice's specialized music team advises a diverse roster of clients, including emerging and superstar-level talent, boutique and institutional music companies, investors, digital music services, and music business entrepreneurs, on high-level transactions.
• Responsibilities include collaborating on a range of music industry transactions such as recording, music publishing and administration, music catalog acquisitions and sales, management, joint venture, sponsorship and endorsements, and digital licensing agreements, as well as matters related to copyright and Artificial Intelligence.
• The role involves providing legal counsel on music M&A transactions, encompassing due diligence and the preparation, review, and negotiation of acquisition, sale, and financing agreements.