Pryor Cashman Partners Take on Streaming Music Providers (1)

Pryor Cashman partners Frank Scibilia and Benjamin Semel have a unique practice space in Big Law: Music.

Scibilia and Semel, who joined Pryor Cashman in 2006 and 1998 respectively, represent major record labels, major music publishers—including Sony/ATV and Warner Chappell—and high-profile songwriters and performing artists.

The two partners have worked on some of the largest—and most transformative—deals within the music industry, including the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which arose from the Music Modernization Act (MMA) in 2018. The collective was created to collect and distribute royalties to songwriters and publishers by streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, and others. ...