Thursday, August 19, 2021
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year,
Boyarski Fritz LLP is a leading entertainment and media firm founded by two longtime multi-industry veterans,
Jason Boyarski and
David Fritz.
Boyarski, a Co-Founding Partner of the firm, has earned industry-wide recognition as a top entertainment lawyer and has been cited as an industry expert by legacy publications like
The New York Times,
Time and
The Hollywood Reporter. Well-rooted in deal-making, Boyarski’s practice is a product of his diverse background, including his past post as the SVP/GM of
Warner Chappell.
Boyarski has served as lead entertainment counsel for the
Prince Estate since the late icon’s death in 2016, which included his handling of a 35-album deal with
Sony Music; a full-catalog publishing-administration deal with
UMPG; a performance-rights deal with
Irving Azoff’s
GMR; an agreement with
Warner Music to distribute previously unreleased vault albums; an array of deals that brought Prince’s music catalog to
TikTok,
Peloton and
SiriusXM; and many yet-to-be-announced projects, including new unreleased vault music, live events and visual-rights projects.
Widely regarded as one of the industry’s leading experts in music publishing, Boyarski represents some of the biggest songwriter/producers, including hitmaker
Louis Bell (
Post Malone,
Halsey),
ASCAP’s recent two-time songwriter of the year; Latin music’s #1 producer,
Tainy (
J. Balvin,
Bad Bunny,
Selena Gomez); chart-topper
Frank Dukes (
Camilla Cabello,
The Weeknd);
Ayo (
Cardi B’s “WAP”); and song-
writers
Xplicit (
Justin Bieber’s “Anyone”) and
Melanie Fontana (
BTS,
Dua Lipa).
Catalog sales have been a major part of Boyarski’s practice in recent years, including the sale of Louis Bell’s catalog to UMPG, the sale of the
Donny Hathaway Estate’s publishing and recorded-music catalog to
Primary Wave and the sale of
Nico & Vinz’s catalog to Warner, along with several other yet-to-be-completed transactions. Other recent major transactions include negotiating
Electric Feel Music’s European joint venture with UMPG, a new publishing agreement for rock icon
Joan Jett and the representation of
Create Music Group in various transactions, including its new record deals with
Tory Lanez and
Snoop Dogg. Boyarski’s roster also includes
Paul Oakenfold,
Aluna George and the
Estate of Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as such companies as
BMG,
Disney Music,
NEON16,
Musixmatch,
Jingle Punks and
AudioUp.
Co-founding Partner Fritz has a varied entertainment and media practice that includes his longstanding representation of
Marc Anthony and counseling his
Magnus Media family of companies—which includes a booking agency, sports agency, television and film-production company and management company. Recent deals have included Anthony’s renegotiation with
Sony Music Publishing (with a companion joint venture for Magnus) and a first-look deal with
Viacom International. Fritz also co-counsels many big-name clients with Boyarski, including
Joan Jett,
Future Moguls and
Homemade Projects.
This past year, Fritz has advised clients including musical artists
Lil Tecca and his production company,
Galactic Records (which included a worldwide endorsement deal with
Puma as well as wildly competitive record and publishing deals with
Republic and UMPG, respectively); artists
Lindsay Lohan,
Xie (
Casablanca/Republic),
Afro Bros and
XIX (
Masked/Warner Records); music-technology platforms
Cinematic Music Group and
Vydia; the talent incubator
TalentX in its joint ventures with Sony Music Publishing,
Elektra and Warner Records (which spawned
Jxdn and
Nessa Barrett, respectively); music producers such as
Rob Cavallo (
Green Day) and
Keith Varon; and the live production of
Enter the Dragon, slated for launch at
Paris Las Vegas.
In addition to his vibrant music practice, Fritz represents restaurants, software developers and high-net-worth individuals. He’s also the co-founder of
Creative Intell, Inc., a legal tech/ed tech business-affairs solution for the entertainment business.
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