What

Individual advice for all parties involved in the media and entertainment industry on a wide range of questions and tasks especially for:

Artists, authors, music producers, recording companies, managements, music publishers, software developers, photographers, video producers, film and television producers, agencies, stylists, designers, web portals and everybody who would like to use some good advice.

Many years of practical international experience in constructive contract drafting, contract review and negotiation as well as development of the best strategy to achieve the desired goals. Supervision of disputes and problem solving, if it has to come to that.

Contacts to companies and parties involved in the “creative industries“.

Regular and passionate lecturing and teaching activities in various institutions, including the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, the University of Potsdam, the University of the Arts, Berlin and inhouse workshops for companies as well as seminars and individual coachings.

Short-term initial consultation (by appointment) to assess the respective individual situation and solutions.

Publications (in German):

Musikproduktion und Verträge” in Kitzberger/Endress, Musik und Recht, 1. Auflage, Nomos Verlag, 2024

„Musik“ with Prof. Dr. Hanno Fierdag in Brauner / Brauneck, Angemessene Vergütung von Urhebern und Künstlern, 1. Auflage, C.H. Beck, 2022

Der Wandel von Vertragsinhalten in der digitalen Musikwirtschaft” with Prof. Dr. Hanno Fierdag in Endress/Wandjo, Musikwirtschaft im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung, Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis, 1. Auflage, Nomos Verlag, 2021

Label- und Vertriebsverträge“ with Prof. Dr. Hanno Fierdag in Moser/Scheuermann/Drücke, Handbuch der Musikwirtschaft, 7. Auflage, C.H. Beck, 2018

Podcasts (Selection)