Greenspoon Marder LLP’s Sports & Entertainment practice group provides multidisciplinary and innovative legal counsel to clients in the entertainment, media and technology industries across the United States. There is opportunity in chaos. Technological advances are quickly shifting the evolution and re-evolution of business models. As trusted advisors to both creatives and business people in the entertainment and sports industries, we counsel clients in entertainment talent negotiations, providing outside general counsel services and assisting companies with corporate structuring, financing, operations, sales and acquisitions, trademarks, copyrights, employment advice, record contracts, music and book publishing, and we have extensive experience negotiating multi-million dollar licensing, branding and media deals.
Our team includes experienced practitioners in a variety of related practice areas that can assist our clients. Additional practice areas include: hospitality, leisure and alcohol industry group, cannabis law, corporate & business, labor & employment, litigation, tax, international wealth & asset planning, criminal law and a wide range of business related legal areas. Greenspoon Marder’s Sports & Entertainment practice group is poised for the future, not reacting to change, but anticipating and embracing new developments to find opportunities in the ever-changing entertainment landscape. Our team serves to assist our clients in creating new forward thinking business models in the legal and business realm.
Greenspoon Marder’s Sports & Entertainment practice group provides advice and counsel in a wide variety of areas within these disciplines including:
Music
- Counsel to Recording and Publishing Companies Including:
- Operational Issues
- Startup Financing
- Operations
- Rights Acquisition
- Management
- Licensing
- Contract Negotiations
- Branding
- Counsel Involving Institutional Clients:
- Outside General Counsel Services
- Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Catalogue Acquisitions
- Counsel to Internationally Acclaimed Artists:
- Recording Agreements
- Deliverables
- Touring Matters
- Music Publishing
- Corporate Structure
- Deal Negotiation
- Merchandising and Branding
- Equity Deals
- Management of Intellectual Rights and Persona
- Estate and Tax Planning
Television
- Counsel to Domestic and International Television Projects and Personalities Including:
- Production Counsel for Scripted and Non-Scripted Productions
- Programming Development
- Production Services Agreements
- Project Financing and the Purchase or Sale of Content
- Licensing and International Distribution Deals
Technology & New Media
- Counsel Involving Various Areas of Focus and Transactions Including:
- Technology Related Transactions, Including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), App and Web Development, License, Data Transfer, and Service Level Transactions
- Digital and Traditional Marketing Arrangements (Advertising, Promotion, Distribution) Including Online Campaigns
- Content and Music License, Distribution, Marketing Across Traditional and New Media Platforms
- Manufacturing and Retailer Agreements
- Social Media Regulations
Film
- Counsel to the Film Industry On Several Different Fronts Including:
- Independent Film Financing
- Production Counsel and Prepare All the Necessary Agreements Related to Film Projects
- Assist in the Overall Administration of Obtaining the Necessary Funds, Rights and Clearances
- Above-the-Line and Below-the-Line Talent in Deal Negotiations and Overall Management of their Legal Rights and Intellectual Properties
Corporate
At Greenspoon Marder our corporate & business, labor & employment, real estate and tax teams work with our Entertainment, Media & Technology Industry Group to provide counsel on a wide variety of corporate governance matters to public and privately held business entities and entrepreneurs including:
- Corporate Formations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Debt and Equity Financing
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Joint Ventures
- Corporate Governance for Start-Ups, Emerging, Established, and Publicly Traded Companies
- Employment Agreements
- Real Estate Acquisitions
Intellectual Property
Greenspoon Marder’s Entertainment, Media & Technology Industry Group has a keen understanding of copyright, trademark and related areas of law. Intellectual property is the foundation for the majority of our clients’ entertainment related assets and our team knows how to identify, leverage and protect those rights. We serve the intellectual property needs of both institutional and personal clients and our services range from patent, trademark and copyright registrations to full oversight and rights management and litigation services to protect and defend our client’s intellectual property.
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Marcela Bermudez
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Sandra Brown
- Michael Burwick
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Michael Cataliotti
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Alan S. Clarke
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Manuel L. Crespo
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Julian A. Fortuna
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Patricia Gannon
Patricia Gannon
Partner & Co-Chair of the Immigration & Naturalization Group
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Katie C. Heron
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Kathleen Cerniglia Hipps
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Jerry Juste
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Beth-Ann E. Krimsky
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David Kubiliun
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Alejandro I. Leiva
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Carl H. Linder
Carl H. Linder
Co-Chair, International Wealth and Asset Planning Group, Partner
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Justin McNaughton
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Kendall Minter
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Aliya J. Nelson
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Michael Patrick
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Robert J. Rando
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Bruce B. Siegal
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Peter R. Siegel
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Peter G. Stathopoulos
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Louis J. Terminello
Louis J. Terminello
Chair, Hospitality, Alcohol and Leisure Industry Group, Partner
Phone: (305) 789-2770 louis.terminello@gmlaw.com View Bio
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Sports
At Greenspoon Marder, we know that professional sports are big business, and professional athletes are entrepreneurs in their own right. That’s why successful athletes invest in experienced, business-minded professionals who have the knowledge to help them excel at the business of sports. Our team has worked with entrepreneurs for more than 35 years. Our attorneys guide our clients through contract drafting and negotiations, inter-state tax issues, asset planning, trust and estate planning, finance and transactions, and when necessary, civil and commercial litigation.
The firm has a strategic relationship with a reputable full-service athlete representation firm, known for negotiating several record-breaking contracts with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Football League (NFL). Together, we focus on an athlete’s specific professional and personal needs, from the transition out of college, throughout his or her career, and even into “retirement,” with all of the new opportunities it presents. Additional services include marketing and endorsements, licensing and merchandising, and career counseling. This depth and versatility, combined with our knowledge, experience and personal attention to detail, allows Greenspoon Marder to maximize opportunities for clients.
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News
- Oct 22, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Partner Aliya Nelson Featured Speaker at Southern University Law Center’s Legally Connected: 2nd Annual Sports and Entertainment Symposium
- Oct 19, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Bruce Siegal Featured Speaker at 10th Annual Mississippi Sports Law Review | NIL & IP Summit
- Oct 13, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorneys Alan Clarke and Peter Stathopoulos Participate In Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance’s 15th Annual 2021 Corporate Intellectual Property Institute®
- Sep 21, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Peter Stathopoulos Featured Speaker at the Columbus Film Commission Quarterly Meeting
- Aug 30, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Attorney Bruce Siegal Featured Speaker at the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance Creators Community Virtual Gathering
- Aug 3, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Welcomes Bruce Siegal As Of Counsel In the Atlanta Office
- Jul 12, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Expands Entertainment, Media & Technology Industry Group With The Addition of Eight New Attorneys in Atlanta and New York
- Apr 5, 2021 Billboard Names Leslie José Zigel to its “Top Music Lawyers” List for 2021
- Jan 21, 2021 Greenspoon Marder Entertainment Attorneys Serve As Lead Counsel for Billboard Latin Music Awards
- Oct 7, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie José Zigel Named To The National Law Journal’s 2020 Entertainment Law Trailblazers
- Sep 29, 2020 Day One Recap: Greenspoon Marder Innovation Summit
- Jul 29, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Entertainment Attorneys Serve As Lead Counsel For The Critical Thinking Movie Directed By John Leguizamo
- Jul 25, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie José Zigel Recognized On “Top Music Lawyers” 2020 List By Billboard
- Jun 11, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Entertainment Attorneys Serve As Lead Counsel For the Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President Documentary
- Apr 22, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Secures Trademark for Pitbull’s Signature Grito
- Apr 9, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: Music Industry Relief and the CARES Act
- Feb 18, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partners With Anthony Wellington And Bassology Around The World To Provide Scholarships For Students
- Feb 3, 2020 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie Jose Zigel Featured Speaker For Masterclass At GroundUP Music Festival
- Nov 21, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partners With Young Musicians Unite
- Aug 29, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie Jose Zigel Joins University of Miami School of Law As Adjunct Professor Teaching Entertainment Law
- Aug 24, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie José Zigel Recognized On “Top Music Lawyers” 2019 List By Billboard
- Jun 13, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Supports Chambers & Partners Forum in New York
- May 25, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Supports The Young Musicians Unite Annual Spring Concert
- Apr 18, 2019 Greenspoon Marder Partner Leslie Zigel Featured Speaker At Tax Reform Roundtable Discussion
- Oct 10, 2018 Greenspoon Marder and Partner Leslie Jose Zigel Announce Highly Anticipated Fifth Studio Album of Client Recording Artist Mario
- Nov 21, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Partners With Young Musicians Unite
- Sep 19, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Shareholder Kerry Smith Stewards Legal Production Work For The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
- Jul 13, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Shareholder Leslie Jose Zigel Chosen as an Honoree for Billboard’s 2017 Top Music Lawyers Report
- May 31, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Announces Rankings In Chambers And Partners USA 2017
- May 16, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Shareholder Leslie José Zigel Appointed to the University of Miami President’s Council
- Apr 28, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Shareholder Leslie Zigel Moderated “Show Me The Money” Panel At Billboard Latin Music Conference
- Jan 9, 2017 Greenspoon Marder Announces Further Expansion of Entertainment Law Practice Group With New Shareholder Kerry Smith in New York
