Leslie José Zigel Joins Greenberg Traurig LLP's International Entertainment
Practice
MIAMI, FL -- June 26, 2003 -- Adding to its highly regarded international
entertainment practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP welcomes
Leslie José Zigel, an accomplished
entertainment attorney, who joins the firm’s Miami office as a shareholder.
Zigel has established a reputation of excellence, joining Greenberg Traurig
after almost seven years with BMG U.S. Latin and the BMG Latin American
regional office. He previously had a year in private practice as an entertainment,
corporate and real estate attorney.
“Leslie brings a diverse background to Greenberg Traurig’s international
entertainment practice, and his experience in the Latin segment of the music
industry will enhance the firm’s reputation in this area,” said
Patricia Menendez Cambo, chair
of Greenberg Traurig’s international practice.
While at the BMG Latin American regional office, Zigel was vice president
of business and legal affairs for three years following three years as director
of business and legal affairs at BMG U.S. Latin.
“Leslie’s extensive experience strengthens our entertainment team in
Miami and will contribute to our Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Zurich
offices,” said Joel Katz, chair
of the firm’s international entertainment practice. “Leslie’s professional
acumen is an asset from which our U.S. and Latin American clients will reap
great benefits.”
Zigel is an executive counsel member of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports
Law section of The Florida Bar, and a member of the Bar since 1995. He is
a board member of the City of Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority
board, an advisory board member of the National Institute of Entertainment
& Media Law for the Southwestern University School of Law, and a governing
board member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on the Entertainment
& Sports Industries, for which Zigel served as the Annual Meeting Planning
Committee and Program chair from 1995 to 1999.
Zigel has been an expert presenter or panelist for the 2003 Billboard
Latin Music Conference, 2003 Copyright Society of the USA mid-winter meeting,
2002 Entertainment & Sports Lawyer annual meeting of The Florida Bar,
2002 Latin Alternative Music Conference, the
2001 United States Copyright Office International Symposium on the Effect
of Technology on Copyright and Related Rights, and a featured speaker at
his alma matter, the University of Miami, where he earned his juris doctorate,
cum laude, in May 1995. Zigel, who served as Editor-in-Chief of the University
of Miami Inter-American Law Review, previously earned a bachelor’s degree,
cum laude, in 1985, from the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.,
with the interdisciplinary major: A Sociological Study of the Music Industry.
Prior to obtaining his law degree, Zigel was associated with Festival
Productions, Inc., founded by George Wein. While there, he served as director
of American Express Platinum Card and was responsible for the By Invitation
Only program launch. He also served as marketing director of American Express
Gold Card Events; director of the Miller Maquina Musical, the largest Hispanic
outdoor concert festival; producer of numerous jazz festivals, including
the Boston Globe Jazz Festival and the Mellon Jazz Festivals in Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia; and as an assistant producer at the Newport Jazz Festival,
Newport Folk Festival and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Also, Zigel served as tour manager for Branford Marsalis’ 1987 summer European
tour.
About Greenberg Traurig LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP is a full-service international law firm that provides
business-oriented solutions to clients worldwide. The firm has been ranked
in The National Law Journal's list of five-year growth leaders and is No.
19 on the publication's NLJ 250 listing of the United States’ largest law
firms. The firm's attorneys combine legal, business and governmental experience
with creativity to produce results for a broad spectrum of clients, ranging
from emerging companies to Fortune 500 corporations.
Greenberg Traurig has 950 lawyers and governmental affairs
professionals practicing
in 20 offices throughout the United States and Europe: Amsterdam; Atlanta;
Boca Raton, Fla.; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Los Angeles;
Miami; Morristown, N.J.; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Philadelphia; Phoenix;
Tallahassee, Fla.; Tysons Corner, Va.; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach,
Fla.; Wilmington, Del.; and Zurich.
Greenberg Traurig’s international entertainment team focuses on the music,
motion picture, television, live stage and cable industries, including the
convergence of new technologies, digital delivery systems and the role of
advertising and sponsor driven financing models. The team has critical access
to key players in the entertainment industry and provides clients with the
pragmatic, time sensitive and dedicated counsel needed to thrive in today’s
multi-disciplined, multimedia entertainment marketplace.
For additional information about Greenberg Traurig, visit the firm’s
Web site at www.gtlaw.com.
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