About Daniels Media Law
Cost-effective solutions, solution driven advice.
We specialize in music, film, TV and digital media law, and the negotiation and drafting of entertainment agreements including: recording, publishing, producing, management and licensing agreements. Our expertise in music, branded entertainment and digital media is extensive. Our clients include music producers, artists, composers, authors, web and TV talent as well as digital media companies. Click here for a more detailed overview of our services.
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Los Angeles, California 90067
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About Phil Daniels
Philip E. Daniels, Esq. – Founder, Daniels Media Law
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Originally from the UK, Phil started off his career as a Biochemist, with the intent of becoming a protein folding engineer, manipulating DNA in order to change the shape of proteins. However, his love of music and songwriting led him away from the laboratory bench along a path to working with artists. Deciding to retrain as an attorney, Phil cut his teeth as a music lawyer working with some of the most high profile talent of the 80’s and 90’s, including Queen, Depeche Mode, Spice Girls and Paul Oakenfold. At the time, Phil had the foresight of how the digital revolution would change the music business forever, and positioned himself as an expert on the convergence of music and technology, working with major labels on their digital distribution strategies and working with the world’s first legitimate peer to peer music service, licensing music for the service from major and independent labels.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Phil worked at the BBC in London, where he looked after legal matters in the BBC’s internet, interactive & music businesses, working with a range of BBC content from Little Britain to Fawlty Towers to Doctor Who. During his time at the BBC, Phil structured and licensed deals for the distribution of the BBC’s content over mobile and web platforms. In 2004, Phil also became licensed as a California attorney and in 2005, he was hired to work for a boutique media law firm in Beverly Hills, where he represented artists such as Beyonce, Herbie Hancock, Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani, in a wide range of music and digital media matters. One significant highlight was his contribution to Herbie Hancock’s Grammy-award winning album, “River”, in which Phil was instrumental in negotiating and concluding the producer and guest vocalist agreements for the project.
In 2008, with a need to satisfy his entrepreneurial ambitions, Phil started his own law firm, Daniels Media Law, where he focuses on representing music, film, TV or web talent, helping talent to achieve their commercial goals. From negotiating music agreements to concluding web production deals, Phil’s practice is varied and diverse, and he brings to clients 12 years of direct experience in the entertainment and digital media industries. Phil’s clients include artists, producers, composers, authors, actors, writers, directors and digital media companies. In the web production space, Phil has experience in packaging deals for the production of web shows, whether that be with a brand and/or studio, and is a frequent speaker at web centric events.
