Music industry

Law, music and commercial strategy

Legal guidance, protection, and certainty from the creation of a work through its recording, release, exploitation, and proper collection of royalties.

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Music also needs a legal structure.

Protection from creation to royalty collection

Every song, recording, collaboration, and release involves rights, participants, agreements, and revenue sources that must be identified and documented.

Specialized legal counsel helps build more secure projects, organize commercial exploitation, and reduce disputes among artists, authors, producers, and companies.

Artist working in a music production studio

Music industry

The value of a music project depends on both its creative proposition and the clarity of its rights and agreements.

Legal protection to develop and commercialize music.

Protect works, sound recordings, stage names, and other music assets.

Clearly define the participation of songwriters, performers, and producers.

Formalize agreements with labels, publishers, distributors, and collaborators.

Identify royalties and revenue streams derived from music exploitation.

Build a legal structure that supports the project's growth.

Areas we support

Rights, agreements and exploitation

Our support may cover a single work or agreement, or the comprehensive legal structure of an entire music project.

Works and compositions

Protection of lyrics, compositions, arrangements, authorship shares, and rights related to musical creation.

Sound recordings and masters

Definition of ownership, production rights, credits, authorizations, and exploitation of music recordings.

Music contracts

Review and drafting of agreements with artists, producers, labels, publishers, managers, and distributors.

Royalties and collections

Identification, organization, and monitoring of revenue generated by works, recordings, and related rights.

Music licensing

Management of authorizations to use works and recordings in advertising, film, television, platforms, and video games.

Music catalogs

Legal, administrative, and commercial organization of publishing and sound recording repertoires.

Who we support

Creators and music businesses

Every participant in the music industry has different rights, obligations, and contractual needs.

Authors and songwriters

Protection of works, publishing agreements, ownership shares, royalties, and forms of exploitation.

Artists and performers

Recording agreements, related rights, image rights, representation, live performances, and collaborations.

Music producers

Production agreements, master ownership, percentages, credits, and licenses involving sound recordings.

Labels and publishers

Repertoire management, contracts, licensing, distribution, royalty collection, and commercial exploitation.

Managers and representatives

Structuring authority, commissions, exclusivity, duration, and obligations involving the talent.

Music companies and projects

Legal support for festivals, platforms, distributors, studios, agencies, and brands.

At every stage of the project

From composition to exploitation

The legal structure should evolve as the work, audience, revenue, and commercial relationships grow.

Creation

We define authorship, ownership shares, credits, and documentation from the creation of the work.

Production

We formalize agreements with performers, producers, musicians, studios, and collaborators.

Release

We review registrations, distribution, authorizations, metadata, and exploitation terms.

Commercialization

We structure licenses, contracts, synchronization uses, performances, and business opportunities.

How we work

Assessment, structure and implementation

We analyze the project's actual circumstances and design a legal roadmap aligned with its creative and commercial objectives.

Assessment

We analyze the project, works, recordings, participants, contracts, and commercial objectives.

Legal structure

We define the registrations, agreements, ownership shares, licenses, and actions required to protect the assets.

Implementation

We prepare documents, complete filings, and support music negotiations and business operations.

Develop your music project on a solid legal foundation.

Receive guidance to protect works, recordings, agreements, royalties, and commercial opportunities within the music industry.