David Ring's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

Assistant General Counsel, Chief Music Counsel @ Pandora Lead the creation and implementation of Pandora’s ongoing strategy for music licensing – and manage that strategy’s implementation through a team of lawyers and non-lawyers across Pandora and SiriusXM.Working closely with the content licensing business team in negotiating, structuring and drafting various content acquisition deals for the Pandora services,...

Assistant General Counsel, Chief Music Counsel @ Pandora Lead the creation and implementation of Pandora’s ongoing strategy for music licensing – and manage that strategy’s implementation through a team of lawyers and non-lawyers across Pandora and SiriusXM.Working closely with the content licensing business team in negotiating, structuring and drafting various content acquisition deals for the Pandora services, including agreements for songwriters, publishers, non-music content providers, performing rights organizations, recording artists and record labels.Working closely with the artist marketing, event production and content production teams in negotiating, structuring and drafting artist engagement and production deals, including agreements with recording artists, talent agencies, vendors, suppliers and contractors.Effectively negotiate and interact with key business and legal players in the music industry and efficiently discuss risk and tradeoffs with other members of the Pandora and SiriusXM team, including finance, sales, marketing, accounting, tax, engineering, product, royalty reporting and C-level executives under time-sensitive conditions.Advise Pandora and SiriusXM team members regarding various business and legal matters including copyright, contractual rights and obligations and potential legal claims.Manage Intellectual Property and other litigations, disputes and rate setting proceedings. Assist in responding to subpoenas, document requests and other formal requests for information including negotiating the scope of any response, consulting with internal business partners and obtaining, reviewing and producing documents.Building strong internal client relationships and generate client satisfaction across both Pandora and SiriusXM through strategic thinking and risk analysis. This includes senior and C-level executives across both organizations. Santa Monica, CaliforniaGeneral Counsel @ uCast Global Chief legal advisor, and hands-on negotiator for a wide range of technology, corporate, commercial, employment, litigation, and intellectual property matters for a B2B global video distribution network. Responsible for negotiating and drafting all commercial contracts, including cloud services, professional services, advertising technology, video distribution and carriage agreements. Coordinated M&A for asset sale of Qello Concerts B2C service to Stingray Digital. Managed Series A Financing with HCL Technologies as lead investor. Negotiated and closed a $100M outsourcing deal with HCL Technologies.Managed all litigation and commercial disputes including employment and intellectual property. Maintained corporate formalities, shareholder resolutions, and all applicable Cayman Islands and Delaware corporate legal requirements. From 2017 to 2019 (2 years) Beverly Hills, CaliforniaManaging Director @ David Ring Media, LLC Provided business strategy and content licensing advice and other professional services for high growth companies in the field of online video and audio, cloud-based digital entertainment ecosystems, interactive experiences, and other digital media technologies. Representative clients included Spotify, Facebook, LionsGate, TIDAL, Rhapsody/Napster, Google, iHeart Media, Pegasus Capital Advisors, and the Gores Group. From 2015 to 2017 (2 years) Los Angeles, CaliforniaExecutive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs - Global Digital Business @ Universal Music Group Promoted from multiple positions. Led Business & Legal Affairs and Business Development teams in the highly successful transition from physical media to digital formats and products. Negotiated, drafted, and closed complex agreements across all digital platforms. Oversaw seven attorneys and business development executives and up to 22 indirect reports of junior attorneys, executives, and staff.VEVO: Oversaw business and legal strategy and implementation from inception through launch.Board Advisor - attended Board of Directors meetings and advised Board Members on all aspects of VEVO strategy, YouTube and other off-platform distribution, music publishing, recorded music, etc. From 1996 to 2015 (19 years) Santa Monica, California