Myman, Greenspan, Fox, Rosenberg, Mobasser, Younger & Light
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LAWYERS Myman, Greenspan, Fox, Rosenberg, Mobasser, Younger & Light LLP n ERIC GREENSPAN n AARON ROSENBERG n JEFFREY LIGHT n FRANCOIS MOBASSER n CRAIG MARSHALL Eric Greenspan before he helped expand her brand to TV “Of any firm, ours arguably has the best Greenspan founded the music department ahead of launching a food empire covering combination of intellect, hustle and experi- of what was originally created as a film/ books, restaurants and kitchen products. ence,” Rosenberg proudly declares. TV firm 32 years ago. The Duke grad’s first big client was the Red Hot Chili Aaron Rosenberg Jeffrey Light Peppers, who’ve been with Greenspan While at Harvard Law School in the Described as “The smartest lawyer I know” since the dawn of their illustrious career. early 2000s, Rosenberg interned at Arista by Greenspan, Light was the music depart- From discovering Jewel in a coffee shop Records and clerked at Greenberg ment’s first hire. A partner at MG for 27 in San Diego to promoting the Grateful Traurig, where he met his first client, John years, Light advises a rock roster that includes Dead in the ’70s, Greenspan considers Legend. Mentored by Greenspan & Light, Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones, Korn, himself extremely fortunate to have been Rosenberg now reps pop royalty Justin Disturbed, Godsmack and Rob Zombie. involved with artists since the infancies of Bieber, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez Along with teaching part-time at UCLA their careers. Among the other artists he and Troye Sivan, hip-hop stand-outs Big Law School, he counsels Electronic Arts reps are Bon Jovi, Dead & Company, Bad Sean and LVRN (6lack, Summer Walker), and 20th Century Fox Television (Empire, Religion, Christina Aguilera and celebrity songwriters Diane Warren, Justin Tranter The Simpsons, 24, Star). Light also reps Pulse chef Giada De Laurentiis, who used to and Ali Tamposi, newcomers Fletcher, Publishing, one of the fastest-growing music cook for Greenspan and his family for years Queen Naija and Charlotte Lawrence. catalogs in recent years. Myman, Greenspan, Fox, Rosenberg, Mobasser, L-r: Robert Minzner, Haley Golding, Lulu Pantin, Jeff Light, Francois Mobasser,Tamara Milagros-Butler, Josh Karp, Craig Marshall, Younger & Light LLP Aaron Rosenberg, Audrey Benoualid, Eric Greenspan, Andrew Paster Francois Mobasser L.A. to specialize in music law, she became Prior to the Blue Devil’s 20-year service at MG, a senior music associate at the firm in 2016. his first taste of the biz was at a firm in New Since then, she has negotiated and papered York that worked with LL Cool J, Mary J. major music-related transactions for A-level Blige, Suge Knight and Death Row Records. talent including Ariana Grande, Jennifer Mobasser takes pride in having an eclectic prac- Lopez, Troye Sivan, Justin Tranter, Brett tice, representing artists he is genuinely a fan McLaughlin and Brocker Way. of, as well as execs, songwriters and producers. His long-term clients include Jack Johnson, Lulu Pantin Common and Social Distortion. Along with n JOSHUA Y. KARP A Cuban from Miami who graduated from having an ear for finding artists early in their UCLA and Yale Law School, Lulu got her start career, Mobasser insists on “not working with working on the Rick James Estate’s class action assholes” and being good at lawyering as well as lawsuit over digital revenue. She now works sustaining career-spanning relationships with on Justin Bieber, Common, LVRN and Keep clients. He also reps rising acts First Aid Kit, Big Cool and is proud to advise a group of execs and Wild, Tobe Nwigwe and Jumex. talent including Rence, Caroline Pennell, Teo Halm, and Eddie Benjamin. Craig Marshall Marshall got his start at Priority Records, where Tamara Milagros-Butler he developed his hip-hop chops working projects Milagros-Butler is a partner in the firm’s for Snoop, Ice Cube, and Master P/No Limit. n AUDREY BENOUALID music department. Her practice focuses on He was VP of Business Affairs at Capitol before all transactional aspects of an artist’s career; moving to Jimmy Iovine’s Interscope, where she is the responsible attorney for indie artists he worked on projects for Black Eyed Peas and such as Khruangbin, Silversun Pickups and Gwen Stefani. Currently, he represents acts such Dropkick Murphys. She also has extensive as Joyner Lucas, Chika and the rap collective experience working with corporate music cli- Brockhampton, introducing them to manager ents like Pulse Music Publishing, 20th Century Christian Clancy and advising their milestone Fox, and High School Nation. deal with RCA last year. He also oversaw the sale of Lecrae’s Reach Records catalog to Courage, Robert Minzner and works with various songwriters, execs, rocker Minzner is a partner at the firm whose practice Elle King and American Idol breakout Alejandro n LULU PANTIN covers a variety of transactional matters in Aranda. Marshall credits his label background in entertainment law, with a focus on the music providing a unique skillset for his practice. industry. He works on a wide range of clients, from large corporations like 20th Century Fox to Joshua Y. Karp established artists like Slash and RuPaul, and is Karp is a partner at the firm. His most prized the responsible attorney for up-and-coming new possession is his collection of every issue of HITS artists, producers and songwriters such as Role ever published. Model, Alex Aiono and Violet Days. Audrey Benoualid he firm is also proud to have welcomed Audrey started her career in Montreal as an Tnew associates Andrew Paster and IP attorney at Robic LLP. After moving to n TAMARA MILAGROS-BUTLER Haley Golding this year. n.