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Natasha Azava

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Senior Attorney

Manatt Entertainment
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  • nazava@manatt.com
  • Phone: 212.790.4527
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  • New York
Bar Admissions
  • New York
Education
  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2006
    Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal, Staff Editor

    Colgate University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2003

Languages
  • Fluent Russian and basic German
Industries
  • Games and Esports
  • Manatt Digital and Technology
  • Manatt Entertainment
  • Metaverse
  • Music

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Profile

Profile

Natasha Azava is a Manatt Entertainment senior attorney in the Firm’s New York office and is a transactional entertainment attorney with a focus on music and experience in television, film, theatre, fashion, photography, design and fine art. She also has experience in copyright, trademark, licensing and usage rights matters.

Natasha advises and counsels artists, DJs, bands, producers, record labels, music publishing companies, executives, songwriters, managers, composers, entertainment technology platforms, apparel and fashion companies, festivals and brands.

Her practice focuses on securing, negotiating, and documenting business transactions, including recording and music publishing agreements, endorsement, branding, merchandising, and licensing agreements, live performance agreements, songwriter agreements, producer and production agreements, side artist agreements, catalog acquisitions, management agreements, festival agreements and distribution agreements. Natasha also represents clients pursuing cutting-edge deals, particularly those taking advantage of opportunities in the proliferating Web3 era. She is skilled at navigating NFT transactions and in dealmaking in the metaverse.

Before joining Manatt, Natasha was an attorney at a New York boutique law firm, where she represented clients in the entertainment industry, negotiating entertainment-related contracts and advising clients as to intellectual property rights in the context of the entertainment business. She has also performed copyright termination analyses for publishers, authors, and their heirs, and negotiated and drafted acquisition agreements involving major music publishing and master recording catalogs.

Memberships

Memberships

Admitted to practice in New York

Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association

Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association

New York City Bar Association, Women in Intellectual Property

Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP)

Publications

Publications

"Second Circuit Addresses Evidentiary Issues in Trademark Infringement Litigation," Bright Ideas, New York State Bar Association, 2008.

"Video on Demand: Defining Licensing Rights," Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, New York State Bar Association, 2007.

Natasha in the News

  • 02.10.22

    Manatt Represents Metaverse Development Studio Melon, Inc., in NFL ...

    Manatt represented Melon, Inc. in the creation of NFL Tycoon, a new Roblox experience developed in partnership with the National Football League th...

  • 10.19.21

    Manatt Represents Dundee Partners in $1.1B Acquisition of Kobalt ...

    A Manatt team led by Manatt Entertainment partner and leader Jordan Bromley, partner Eric Custer and associate Beau Stapleton ...

  • 04.21.21

    Manatt Represents Wasserman in Acquisition of Paradigm Talent Agency, ...

    Manatt is honored to have played a leading role in the transaction and to be involved in this significant industry development.

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Natasha's Events and Webinars

  • 04.07.22

    Never ‘Met a Verse’ I Didn’t Like: Prospering and Capturing ...

    Join an interdisciplinary panel of Manatt professionals for the second of a three-part webinar series on the metaverse and the dawn of the Web3 era. ...



  • 05.12.21

    Unpacking the NFT Boom and Legal Projections for Further Tokenization ...

    Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been trending since the start of the year, and more companies and artists are getting involved with the latest ...

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