Cynthia L. Katz is a partner at the national law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP. She is a seasoned M&A, corporate and entertainment attorney who negotiates deals and solves problems. Her practice is centered on mergers and acquisitions and corporate and entertainment transactions, primarily in the music space.

Clients rely on her for strategic and legal guidance on transactions and contracts. Her advice is informed by years of work in corporate law and detailed knowledge of the music industry.

Her experience in the music industry includes working in-house at a major record label. She leverages that perspective to provide her clients with proactive advice in their deals to enable them to realize maximum value.

Cynthia advises private equity funds, investors, music publishing companies, record labels, merchandising companies, songwriters and artists in the sale, acquisition, and financing of music catalogs, assets and companies, negotiating stock and asset purchase agreements and conducting in-depth due diligence.

She also counsels music technology startups on fundraising; represents music labels and publishers in restructuring efforts; and helps clients structure and negotiate employment and independent contractor agreements.

She represents a number of songwriters, composers, recording artists, and producers, as well, and negotiates a full range of music agreements including recording, producing, licensing, distribution, publishing, composing, merchandising, management and live performance agreements.