Intellectual Property for Artists

Amlak Music CEO

Banch Abegaze is the founder and CEO of Amlak Music, a talent manager, attorney, film producer, and co-founder of Mamush Studios. Prior to launching Amlak Music and Mamush Studios, Banch served as Chief Operating Officer for Atom Factory (Lady Gaga). In that role, Banch served as one of the senior talent managers and was responsible for operational and strategic leadership of the organization, business development, business affairs, and asset acquisitions. While there, Banch was instrumental in growing the Atom Factory brand both inside and outside the entertainment industry, including its expansion into product development and tech investments. Prior to joining Atom Factory, Banch was a litigation attorney at the international law firms of Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft LLP. Banch served on the founding Board of Directors for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation from 2002 to 2013, and is currently the Executive Chair of the Board of Directors for the Greater Leimert Park Village and Crenshaw Corridor Business Improvement District Inc. Her management clients include jazz giant Kamasi Washington and pop producer Nate Mercereau.

Partner King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano

Sam Roseme is a partner at King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano LLP where he heads both the Corporate and the Film and TV Departments at the Firm. Sam has a diverse client base that includes public and private companies, musicians, film and television producers and talent, public figures, and entrepreneurs across the entertainment industry, with a strong focus on the intersection of technology and entertainment. After graduating from Columbia Law School, Sam started his career in the corporate department of O’Melveny & Myers. He has also worked at Sidley Austin and Hogan Lovells. As head of the Film and TV Department at a leading music law firm, Sam is at the forefront of the booming field of musical biopics and documentaries. In this capacity, he has represented many high-profile musical artists with their various film projects, including the Tupac Shakur estate, Metallica, Linda Ronstadt, the Sex Pistols, and many others.

Attorney Richard F. Ginsburg, Attorney At Law Inc

Richard Ginsburg's firm advises artists, independent producers and entrepreneurs in all transactional matters throughout the industries of film, television, music, technology and new media, including above and below-the-line talent deals, producer/co-producer agreements, rights acquisition, development and rights exploitation agreements. In addition, he has extensive experience working with clients to acquire, license and protect the use of their copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property.