10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, California
90067

310.282.2269

310.919.3856

Amy B. Ortner
Senior Counsel

Amy Ortner’s practice focuses on a variety of transactional entertainment matters, with particular emphasis on the music industry.

Ms. Ortner frequently represents institutions with regard to music and related media content licenses, and in branded entertainment transactions with high-profile talent and content owners. She also counsels institutional and investor clients regarding the acquisition, sale and financing of companies that have significant music publishing, recorded music or other intellectual property assets.

Ms. Ortner also represents recording companies, music publishers, and other entities, as well as recording artists, songwriters and producers regarding the acquisition, development, production and exploitation of entertainment projects. In that regard, she drafts and negotiates recording agreements, composer agreements, music publishing agreements, producer agreements, license agreements, merchandising agreements, consultancy agreements, personal management agreements, talent agreements and agreements relating to the digital distribution of music.

Representative Experience

Representation of a leading manufacturer of wireless devices regarding its acquisition of a worldwide blanket content license from a major recorded music company to use music and related content in products and in marketing and promotions around the world
Representation of a leading quick service restaurant company regarding original music for a global advertising campaign and related transactions with superstar recording artists, producers and recording companies
Representation of the purchasers of Warner Music Group from Time Warner, and related financing transactions and securities offerings
Representation of SNOCAP, Inc. in its acquisition of rights from the major recorded music companies
Representation of a leading social networking website regarding its exploitation of music and other intellectual property on its site, live events and the establishment of its record label

Media Mentions

Five Firms Advising on Sale of Rodgers & Hammerstein Catalog to Dutch Company By Brian Baxter, AmLaw Daily.com
Dutch Pension Fund to Buy ‘Sound of Music’ Rights By Tim Culpan and Martijn van der Starre, Bloomberg.com

Distinctions

Named "New Star" by Lawdragon 500 (2006)

Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1999,

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Washington University, A.B., 1994

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