Joshua Love

A partner in Reed Smith’s Entertainment & Media Industry Group, Josh is widely recognized for his experience in copyright law and his nuanced understanding of the complex music rights and royalty ecosystem. Josh’s dealmaking includes advising on 10‑figure catalog transactions and representing some of the world’s biggest artists, investors, and companies across the global music business. His understanding of the industry’s commercial and creative dynamics allows him to structure and execute sophisticated transactions that maximize long‑term value.

Josh is a trusted adviser to the music industry’s most influential stakeholders, representing emerging and world‑renowned talent, songwriters, labels, publishers, brands, entrepreneurs, institutional investors, and both major and independent music companies. He has negotiated and closed more than $4 billion in purchases and sales of recorded‑music and music‑publishing assets, acting for buyers and sellers and delivering strategic, market‑aligned outcomes for some of the world’s most celebrated catalogs.