Global law firm Reed Smith announced that Steve Sessa and Josh Love, partners in its Global Entertainment and Media Industry Group, has been named to Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report for 2024. Love and Sessa are among a group of lawyers, financiers, entrepreneurs, and executives recognized as the top dealmakers in the entertainment business.
Sessa, co-chair of Reed Smith’s Entertainment and Media Industry Group, concentrates his practice in the music business, and his extensive experience has allowed him to achieve superior results for a broad spectrum of clients. These clients include multi-platinum recording artists, record and publishing companies, world-class producers, songwriters and composers, concert and event promoters, distributors, record company executives, entrepreneurs, merchandisers, technology companies, hedge funds, and multimedia entertainment companies. Sessa is also considered one of the leading authorities in the music business on catalog acquisitions and copyright law. His clients in this space include the world’s leading major and independent music publishing and record companies.
Love’s practice focuses on the intersections of music, M&A, digital media, and emerging technologies, including generative AI. He represents emerging and superstar-level artists and songwriters, as well as music companies and investors in music rights, handling high-value music catalog transactions, and navigating the intricacies of copyright law and the complex music rights and royalty landscape. Love also regularly advises clients on domestic and international music rights issues related to digital content distribution and new technologies, including AI, NFTs and Web3 applications.
Earlier this year, both Sessa and Love were named among Billboard’s 2024 Top Music Lawyers and Love was named to Variety’s Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2024 list.
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