Loeb & Loeb Represents Melanie Martinez in Record Deal with Atlantic Records

Loeb & Loeb LLP Music Industry partner Debbie White represented Melanie Martinez – former contestant on NBC’s hit vocal competition series The Voice – in securing and negotiating a recording agreement with Atlantic Records. The singer/songwriter’s debut release “The Dollhouse EP” arrives on May 20th and her U.S. tour kicks off June 4th in Philadelphia.

Ms. White has represented the contestants of seasons 3, 4, 5 and 6 of The Voice – NBC’s #1 rated show – in connection with recording, publishing, merchandising, management and touring agreements with Universal Music Group and affiliated entities. She also provides ongoing counsel to past contestants with respect to their emerging careers. Late last year, Ms. White negotiated Martinez’ deal with Warner/Chappell Publishing, and she has also handled recent recording and publishing deals for season 4 finalists, The Swon Brothers, as well as other artists that have achieved rising success since competing on the show.

Debbie White focuses her practice in the entertainment and music industries, with particular emphasis on representing established and developing recording artists, songwriters, producers, managers, record companies and publishing companies, music executives, fashion designers and athletes in their ongoing business affairs. She also represents new media companies in complex content licensing and other digital agreements. Her experience encompasses negotiation of multimillion dollar recording contracts, as well as publishing, live touring, film soundtrack and Broadway cast albums, merchandising and sponsorship agreements. A specialty of Ms. White’s practice is leveraging her recording and publishing relationships to negotiate entertainment-related strategic partnerships, tour sponsorship agreements, brand integration agreements, celebrity endorsements and spokesperson deals on behalf of talent, major advertising agencies and Fortune 500 companies.

Loeb & Loeb's Music Industry Practice has long been recognized as a leader in a transformative industry that continues to evolve as a result of the convergence of technology and content. We provide sophisticated, strategic counsel to the world's leading music companies and today's most successful talent, and offer broad knowledge of industry issues, practices and challenges, in-depth experience in complex entertainment and corporate matters, and an unmatched record of successful deals involving virtually all types of content, intellectual property, and digital media. Loeb & Loeb was named "Law Firm of the Year" in Music by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in their 2013 rankings, and the firm received the 2014 “Law Firm of the Year” distinction in Motion Pictures and Television.