Music Catalog Acquisition/Financing
contracts – protecting rights, minimizing risk, and negotiating fair terms in the U.S. and globally.
Buy or Invest in Music Catalogs with Confidence
At ChaseLawyers®, we help investors, artists, and music entrepreneurs navigate the legal complexities of music catalog acquisition and financing. With offices in Miami and New York, our music law attorneys provide end-to-end support – from copyright due diligence and contract structuring to royalty audits and risk assessment.
We represent clients across the U.S. and internationally, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Nashville, London, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Whether you’re purchasing master rights, publishing rights, or entire catalogs, we safeguard your interests at every step.
Our multilingual team works with English-, Spanish-, and Russian-speaking clients worldwide.
contracts — protecting artists, producers, and their rights across the U.S. and globally.
Protect your investment by ensuring all rights are transferred clearly and legally. Our services include:
- Verifying copyright ownership of each track
- Clearing any conflicting licenses or claims
- Drafting strong acquisition agreements
- Registering new ownership with relevant authorities
Accurate catalog valuation is key to a smart acquisition. We help you:
- Analyze revenue streams and royalties
- Forecast future earnings based on trends
- Identify red flags or litigation risks
- Evaluate licensing opportunities
Your intellectual property should generate income for you, not others. Our team helps you:
- Track and recover unpaid or underpaid royalties.
- Negotiate fair royalty agreements.
- Audit royalty statements for discrepancies.
- Protect your revenue streams while you focus on your work.
How It Works
- Discuss your catalog acquisition goals
- Identify legal or financial risk factors
- Receive initial legal insight from our experts
- Develop a custom roadmap for acquisition or sale
- Clarify deal structure, investor terms, and licensing scope
- Plan due diligence and document review strategy
- Verify and document all ownership rights
- Ensure copyright, royalty, and publishing data is accurate
- Handle legal transfer of catalog and registrations
- Resolve potential disputes or competing claims
- Manage licensing deals already in place
- Negotiate favorable terms for future monetization
- Support post-acquisition operations and rights monetization
- Advise on catalog expansion, syndication, or resale
- Update contracts as revenue models evolve
Your creative legacy deserves protection and fair monetization.
We help independent artists and songwriters structure catalog sales, secure long-term royalty income, and manage contracts that safeguard your music rights while maximizing future earnings.
From managing multiple collaborations to negotiating large-scale catalog deals we provide full legal guidance for producers, labels, and publishers.
Our team ensures your contracts are clear, your rights are secure, and your transactions close with confidence, whether you’re acquiring, licensing, or selling music rights.
We represent private equity firms, catalog investors, and music technology platforms involved in rights management and royalty monetization.
From high-value catalog acquisitions to platform licensing models, we help you navigate the complex legal landscape and protect your financial and creative interests.
FAQ
Find quick answers to common questions about our legal services, from costs and contracts to copyrights, licensing, and royalties.
Chain-of-title review, assignments/split sheets, PRO registrations (ASCAP/BMI/SESAC, SoundExchange, The MLC), sampling and interpolation licenses, unrecouped advances, liens/UCC filings, pending claims, audit history, and §203/§304 termination risks.
We collect/cure missing assignments, producer/writer work-for-hire agreements, quitclaims and waivers, confirm clearances, and obtain letters of direction from publishers/labels to transfer all payments to the buyer.
Yes—robust reps & warranties, indemnities, escrow/holdbacks, carve-outs for disputed works, survival periods, and (where appropriate) E&O insurance.
Asset Purchase Agreement with cash at close plus adjustments (working list true-ups, exclusion lists), earn-outs based on NPS/NLS, and tax allocation schedules; FX and withholding handled for cross-border deals.
We map each work’s eligibility window under 17 U.S.C. §203/304, assess notices already served, and price/structure accordingly (exclusions, price discounts, or side letters to mitigate reversion risk).
We issue letters of direction to PROs, publishers, labels, distributors, and administrators; update registrations; and, if financing, implement lockbox/collection account management so payments flow correctly from day one.
Security interests in copyrights and royalty streams, UCC-1 filings, covenants (DSCR/minimum catalog performance), permitted liens, events of default, intercreditor terms, and step-in/administration rights for the lender.
Neighboring rights and moral-rights waivers, society mandates by territory, translation/local-law enforceability, withholding/VAT, and appointment of local administrators where needed.
We verify sample/master-use/interpolation licenses, co-writer approvals and splits, mechanicals (via The MLC or publishers), and cure any missing permissions before closing or exclude those works.
We secure audit rights, set timelines, pursue settlements for underpayments, and take legal action when needed to recover what you’re owed.