LAWYERS Ziffren Brittenham LLP

FOUNDED IN 1978, Ziffren Brittenham specializes in negotiating, structuring and executing transactions in the entertainment and media industries, as well as providing strategic planning and consulting services. The firm’s practice encompasses all facets of our industries, and it represents many talented and successful film, TV, sports, live-stage, digital, literary and musical artists, as well as financiers, production companies and programming services.

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John G. Branca advancing the careers of recording His clients have included more Mac, , , PARTNER AND HEAD OF THE artists and music companies for than 30 members of the Rock and , Nirvana, the estate MUSIC DEPARTMENT more than four decades. Michael Roll Hall of Fame—among them of Elvis Presley and The Rolling Hailed by publishing legend Marty Jackson praised Branca, his long- , , Stones’ sports figures such as Mike Bandier as “the #1 publishing law- time business and legal advisor, as Bob Dylan, , Carlos Tyson, comedians Richard Pryor yer in the country,” Branca has been “the greatest lawyer of our time.” Santana, Dr. Dre, Fleetwood and , the Vatican,

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sionalism and collegiality of Ziffren is second to none. Irina Volodarsky ASSOCIATE Volodarsky’s interest in the biz was spurred by press coverage of Branca’s megadeals for MJ. At Ziffren, she has had the privilege of working with many top artists and groups, and on numerous music- and entertainment-related matters including catalog acqui- sitions, recording, publishing, employment, endorsement, licens- ing, live concert and touring, merchandise, production and soundtrack agreements. Irina received her bachelor’s degree from UCLA and her law degree from Loyola Law School. Kelly Vallon ASSOCIATE Vallon represents artists, songwrit- ers, producers and music-related entities in connection with a wide labels including Interscope and Rosalía. In regard to IP, Lande has longtime member of the firm. He variety of complex music-industry Rhino, and industry investors such concentrated on the effects of digi- has been involved in represent- transactions. She has held posi- as JVC, Matsushita and Vivendi. tal disruption and guiding clients ing, counseling and structuring tions in many areas of the biz, Under his stewardship as co-exec- through the changing economic utor and co-manager, the Estate of and technological landscape. has earned more than $2 billion in the 10 years David Byrnes since Michael passed away. PARTNER Byrnes’ practice is concentrated David Lande on the representation of a broad SENIOR PARTNER, MEMBER OF spectrum of talent (and genres) in THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE the music business, with clients Lande works with creative art- ranging from notable indepen- ists, entrepreneurs and owners dent artists to globally recognized of intellectual property, as his superstars, while also including practice focuses on entertainment top-level producers, songwriters, and corporate transactional work managers and executives. He has while providing strategic plan- also developed an expertise in ning and consulting for his clients. sales of well-known music assets n IRINA VOLODARSKY n KELLY VALLON Having initiated game-changing and catalogs and the representa- deals across the entertainment tion of iconic estates. deals for clients such as Michael including at , landscape, Lande represents clients Jackson, , Aerosmith, Universal Republic including , Mitchell Tenzer Justin Timberlake, Carlos Group, Island Def Jam, Press Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, , PARTNER Santana, , Enrique Here Publicity, CAA, AEG Linkin Park, Selena Gomez, A native New Yorker, Harvard Iglesias, The , Jennifer Live, Paradigm Talent Agency, Miguel, Chicago, Weezer, Jennifer Law grad and proud father of Hudson, blink-182 and Shakira. Astralwerks, Startime Records Hudson, Grace VanderWaal and two teenage boys, Tenzer is a He has always felt that the profes- and The Colbert Report. n

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