Sarah S. Brooks

Laura D. Castner

Patrick Del Duca

Benjamin C. Deming

Katherine G. Eickmeyer

Eric F. Galen

Joel B. Ginsberg

Jeremy J. Gray

Wendy Heimann-Nunes

Jan Jensen

H. Jacob Lager

Josh Lawler

Gerold W. Libby

Tristan F. Mackprang

Fatma E. Marouf

Yuri Mikulka

Giovanni Orantes

Kevin I. Shenkman

Ryan Smith

Raymond C. Sun

Olivier A. Taillieu

Michael J. Zerman

Jeffrey J. Zuber

Thomas F. Zuber

The Lawyers of Zuber & Taillieu LLP

Eric Galen’s practice focuses on Internet, digital media, music/entertainment, and general corporate law and strategy.  For over a decade, Mr. Galen has provided sophisticated and practical advice to large companies, noteworthy entertainment professionals and fast-growing start-ups.  Prior to joining Zuber Taillieu, Eric practiced law at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. 

Mr. Galen combines top educational and legal credentials with years of experience as an Internet and digital media entrepreneur and consultant.  He has worked with several new and established companies managing business development, Angel and VC financing, product development, executive and advisor recruitment, and technology firm selection and software development activities.  Eric is an active participant in Dealmaker LA, Digital LA, the Beverly Hills Bar Association and Twiistup.  His real-world experience and network of industry contacts bring unique added value to all of his clients.

Mr. Galen is a published author and speaker, and has been featured in Los Angeles Magazine, Super Lawyers Magazine, the Los Angeles Daily Journal and Music Connection.  Los Angeles Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Mr. Galen as a “Rising Star” in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. 

Notable Representations: 

• A large cable television provider, in negotiating and drafting their content licensing and output deals with major studios and licensors;
• A software and electronics giant, assisting in the licensing and partnership agreements necessary to launch their proprietary handheld entertainment device;
• A large Japanese corporation, in the complex regulatory analysis of their inter-subsidiary financial practices under the California Finance Lenders Law;
• An independent record label, managing the myriad contracts and negotiations involved in the creation, licensing and release of major tribute album;
• A-list music producers and songwriters, as their trusted consigliore, handling all producer agreements, publishing deals, royalty disputes and partnership agreements;
• A platinum-selling recording artist, in the defense of a major copyright infringement suit by a major record label;
• A leading technology development firm, in restructuring and negotiating software development agreements;
• An award-winning Latin recording artist, helping her re-acquire her catalog of albums from a major record label and re-licensing her materials to EMI; 
• A medical device company, in the multi-million dollar sale of its technology patents to a major healthcare corporation;
• An Internet company, in managing all aspects of their business and legal affairs, including the negotiation and drafting of major content licensing deals, seed and Series A rounds of funding, strategic partnerships and employment agreements; and
• A digital media services company, in diffusing a major trademark and unfair business practices claim and developing their new form licensing agreements.