Stephen Sessa

Practice Areas

Steve is co-chair of the Entertainment and Media Industry Group. He is a distinguished entertainment lawyer who 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.

Steve is an authority in drafting and negotiating a wide variety of industry contracts, including recording, publishing, production, licensing, management, merchandising, distribution, digital rights, executive employment, sponsorship, endorsement, joint-venture, new media, and many other entertainment-related documents.

He advises some of the biggest artists in the world, and has guided and counseled them on a variety of groundbreaking deals, including negotiating touring deals on top-grossing worldwide concert tours, record and publishing company negotiations and renegotiations, Super Bowl performance agreements, joint venture agreements on matters ranging from fragrance to apparel deals, and endorsement and sponsorship deals with the biggest brands in the world.