Steve is a distinguished entertainment lawyer who concentrates his practice in the music business. His extensive music business experience has allowed him to achieve superior results for a broad spectrum of clients. This includes multi-platinum superstars, world class producers and songwriters, record companies, publishing companies, composers, promoters, distributors, record company executives, entrepreneurs, retail stores, hedge funds and institutional entertainment companies.
Steve is an authority in drafting and negotiating a wide variety of industry contracts, including recording, production, publishing, licensing, management, merchandising, producing, distribution, record label, executive employment, sponsorship, endorsement, joint-venture, new media, and many other entertainment related documents.
Specific matters include negotiating and advising clients in multi-million dollar recording deals and renegotiations, purchase and sale agreements of music publishing and master recording catalogues with values in excess of 100 million dollars, sophisticated and complex endorsement contracts and blockbuster worldwide concert tours and events.