Chambers USA 2025 Guide Ranks Alter Kendrick & Baron, Lisa Alter and Katie Baron

Alter Kendrick & Baron and partners Lisa Alter and Katie Baron have again been recognized by the world’s leading legal ranking guide Chambers USA as being among the top law firms and legal practitioners in New York in the category of Media and Entertainment: Advisory. Chambers is a prestigious ranking organization that selects the top lawyers and law firms across the country on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities valued by clients.

Chambers Profile for Alter Kendrick & Baron

Chambers Profile for Lisa Alter 

Influence Media has announced the creation of two new joint ventures with DJ Khaled, involving We The Best Music Group, the record label, publisher and production company he founded. The deal also involves the acquisition of the recording and publishing rights to DJ Khaled’s catalog in partnership with We The Best.

The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron have been named to Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Lawyers list. The annual list recognizes the attorneys shaping the business of music across dealmaking, rights, management, and artist representation.

Primary Wave announced that it partnered with The Notorious B.I.G.‘s estate to acquire a stake in the Brooklyn rapper’s music publishing and recordings, as well as certain name, image and likeness rights. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Primary Wave Music has signed a new marketing and publishing administration agreement with Grammy-winning songwriter and performer Jimmy Webb. Under the deal, Primary Wave will represent Webb’s extensive music publishing catalog and collaborate with him on branding, marketing, and sync opportunities. The agreement includes some of Webb’s biggest hits, such as Wichita Lineman, MacArthur Park, and Up, Up and Away.
Influence Media Partners has confirmed that it has secured approximately $360 million in debt financing through an inaugural private securitization, collateralized by music royalties from its portfolio of music rights. Influence Media has invested in several music catalogs to date from Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated artists. Amongst those deals are with artists such as Enrique Iglesias, Blake Shelton, Julia Michaels, Tyler Johnson, Logic, Ali Tamposi, Future and more.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – January 13, 2025 – Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP (“AKB”) is pleased to announce that Julia Ambros has joined the firm as an Associate. Julia brings a breadth of experience in music transactions, including the acquisition and sale of composition and recording catalogs, to the firm.

Before joining AKB, Julia began her legal career at Clifford Chance, where she practiced in the firm’s corporate department. She later joined ArentFox Schiff as a music transactions and copyright associate, honing her skills in music catalog sales and copyright terminations.

At AKB, Julia joins a collective advising on major music acquisition deals involving catalogs such as those of Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks, Enrique Iglesias, James Brown, Future, Bob Marley, Peter Frampton, and Whitney Houston at a firm that negotiated and closed over $1 billion in deals during the past eighteen months.

“I am thrilled to join such a well-regarded team of music industry law professionals here at AKB,” Julia noted. “The firm has been at the forefront of countless cutting-edge music deals, and I look forward to working alongside and learning from the firm’s incredible team of Senior Partners.”

“We are proud to welcome Julia to our team,” said Lisa A. Alter, Founding Partner of AKB. “Her deep music industry knowledge reflects our firm’s commitment to hiring the most capable and talented associates to assist our clients with complex music copyright and transaction needs.”

Julia received her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2020, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school, Julia was a student editor for the Columbia Law School Journal of Law & the Arts, worked at the law school’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media & the Arts, and interned at Sony Music Entertainment. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a B.A. in philosophy in 2017.

The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron were named in Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” for 2024. Each year, this prestigious list profiles the top legal practitioners powering the entertainment industry’s most significant deals.
Primary Wave has acquired an interest in the work of “incomparable” violinist Itzhak Perlman – including a stake in “all” the 79-year-old’s recordings. Moving forward, Primary Wave and the Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Perlman intend to jointly explore marketing initiatives, sync opportunities, and new film and TV projects, per the involved parties.
The firm is pleased to announce that Lisa Alter and Katie Baron have been selected for inclusion in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2024 “Top Music Lawyers” issue, which celebrates influential attorneys who are championing landmark deals, groundbreaking negotiations, and the protection of creative talent. According to THR, the feature is intended to honor the listed attorneys’ dedication, expertise, and influence, and shines a light on the unsung heroes who ensure artists and their labels thrive.

To view the full issue with Lisa and Katie’s profile, click below.

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