Denise M. Stevens
Recognized since 2010
Nashville, Tennessee
Entertainment Law - Music
Denise Stevens focuses on entertainment, copyright and trademark transactions, and has particular experience in the music, publishing, touring, television and motion picture industries. Her principal clients include recording artists, songwriters, producers, authors, music industry executives, record labels, music publishers, motion picture and television production companies, and television personalities.
In addition to counseling leading talent in the music industry, Denise also has a significant body of institutional transactional work. She has participated in both small- and large-scale music catalog sales and acquisitions, including acquisitions by Reservoir Media Management, Rezonant Music Publishing and Parallel Music Publishing, as well as advised on intellectual property aspects of Warner Music Group’s $3.3 billion sale to Access Industries. Denise also has experience in the negotiation and renegotiation of recording and publishing agreements, and agreements related to international touring, merchandising, sponsorships and endorsements for major label recording artists and preeminent songwriters. Additionally, she has educated groups and assisted individuals with the exercise of copyright recapture and statutory termination of transfers.
Among her noteworthy representations, Denise was instrumental in assisting the Nashville Songwriters Association in drafting and achieving passage of the Songwriters Capital Gains Tax Equity Act, which was designed to help American songwriters receive fair tax treatment upon the ultimate sale of their creations.
Added to Denise’s broad spectrum of entertainment industry clients, her multi-genre and multi-platform talent representation includes Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Loretta Lynn, Amy Grant, Chris Tomlin, Michael W. Smith, Robert DeLong, Anthony Hamilton, Robin Meade, Chip Esten and Remi Adeleke.
- Direct Phone Number: 615-749-8300
- Phone Number: 615-749-8300
- Lawyer Page: https://www.loeb.com/en/people/s/stevens-denise-m
- 35 Music Square East, Suite 310
Nashville, TN 37203
- University of California - Los Angeles, B.A.
- University of California Hastings College of the Law, J,D., graduated 1993
- California, California
- Tennessee, Tennessee
- Leadership Music - Alumna, Program Year Co-Chair 2010
- Gospel Music Association Foundation - Board Member
91 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
48 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Entertainment Law - Music
- President's Choice Award, Nashville Songwriters Association International
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