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Thanks @billboard for sharing! JOEL KATZ, 75 Founding chairman, Global Entertainment and Media Practice; Founding shareholder, Atlanta Office; Greenberg Traurig... "Chairman of the T.J. Martell Foundation and longtime counsel to Willie Nelson, George Strait, Little Big Town, Faith Hill and many more, Katz has negotiated contracts for nearly every label chief and artist manager in Nashville and recently renewed the partnership deal between Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings and Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment." #vmgclient #vmgclientnews #joelakatz https://www.billboard.com//billboard-country-power-players

"UMG topper Sir Lucian Grainge and associates celebrate the inking of Nigerian superstar singer/songwriter Tiwa Savage, one of Africa’s most popular artists and a presence not only in music but also film, TV, fashion and philanthropy. You know, offered super-attorney Joel Katz, this wondrous occasion brings to mind an old Yoruba saying, ‘nigbawo ni awn ounj ipanu yoo wa?’ I think those words resonate today more than ever. Seen just before hitting the corporate dispensar...y and then roller-blading down to the marina are (back, l-r)Greenberg Traurig’s Katz, UMG South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa MD Sipho Diamini, Stealth Management/Regime Music Societe’s Efe Ogbeni, UMG EVP, Market Development Adam Granite, Stealth Management’s Vannessa Amadi-Ogbonna and (front, l-r) Grainge and Savage. The Lagos-born Savage won a scholarship to the Berklee School of Music, earned plaudits from MTVand shared the stage at Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebration with stars like Beyoncé, Ed Sheeranand Chris Martin (who picked her for the event). She also made a splash at Jay-Z’s Made in America fest. The signing is a further illustration of UMG’s ever-widening global reach and approach to A&R. Her projects will be overseen by Ogbeni and Amadi-Ogbonna. #vmgclient #joelakatz #vmgclientnews http://m.hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=316260

Thanks, Atlanta Business Chronicle for sharing! "Grady Health Foundation hosted a reception on April 2 to preview its second annual VeloCity Atlanta cycling fundraiser that's scheduled for May 4 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium."

"Cyclists, including Tomaka, love Grady, which has one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers in the country. Atlanta’s cycling community demonstrated that love a year ago, joining forces to launch the first VeloCity charity ride, raising $300,000 for Grady, the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and the most significant public hospital in Atlanta." Thanks, AJC & Bo Emerson for sharing!

The event includes multiple rides of various distances. All rides start and end at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta. There are rides of 100 miles, 62 miles and 25 miles, and there is also a 5.8-mile city ride on blocked-off streets downtown. (You can see the routes at velocityatlanta.com.) All rides are supported by SAG wagons, and offer rest breaks, hydration and portable toilets. At the end of the road is an all-day festival back at the stadium’s Home Depot... Backyard, with a kids zone, food, adult beverages and live music from the ATL Collective. In addition to the outdoor rides, there will be indoor cycling classes at the Home Depot Backyard. There are two big goals to it, said Joselyn Baker, president of the Grady Health Foundation, which is the fundraising arm of the nonprofit hospital. One is to create a new opportunity for financial support and community engagement with Grady. But also to celebrate the city and bring a new major sporting event to Atlanta. We are hoping it becomes a part of the sports fabric of the city over time. Thanks, AJC & Bo Emerson for sharing! https://www.ajc.com//kicking-into-/UG31ivDGiLvoKxjhDY1ftN/

Thanks @hitsdailydouble for sharing with your readers!! Wednesday, February 27, 2019 A TASTE OF RAINMAKERS: JOEL KATZ...Continue reading

Thanks Billboard & #melindanewman for sharing with your readers! "Joel Katz is widely known as one of the top attorneys in the entertainment industry. As it turns out, the founding chairman of the global entertainment and media practice at Greenberg Traurig also officiates weddings -- including marrying Sandbox Entertainment founder Jason Owen and his husband, Sam Easley. "I do a great wedding," says Katz. "Believe me, you'd cry." It's a wonder that Katz, who starts his da...y at 5:30 a.m., has time to handle nuptials, given that he represents many of the top executives in the music business, as well as The Recording Academy, Antonio "L.A." Reid's Hitco, the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba and the Michael Jackson estate, for which he is co-general counsel. In 2018, he took 47 trips, roughly 25 percent of them out of the country, and brokered a 10-year, $250 million deal with Univision for the Latin Recording Academy. He continues to serve as chairman of the board for the T.J. Martell Foundation and, in one of the most talked-about deals of 2018, negotiated longtime client Jon Platt's deal to exit Warner/Chappell Music to become chairman/CEO at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a role Platt will assume on April 2. The Atlanta-based Katz, 74, grew up in the Bronx, but headed south to attend the University of Tennessee Law School on a scholarship while working nights at a Holiday Inn. (The law library at UT now bears his name.) The divorced father of two settled in Atlanta, but makes frequent trips to Nashville, Los Angeles and New York. He spoke to Billboard about his recent successes, the record industry's return to prosperity and his future plans. #joelakatz #vmgclient #vmgclientnews https://www.billboard.com//joel-katz-interview-greenberg-t

Thanks @billboard for sharing!! "Joel Katz is widely known as one of the top attorneys in the entertainment industry. As it turns out, the founding chairman of the global entertainment and media practice at Greenberg Traurig also officiates weddings -- including marrying Sandbox Entertainment founder Jason Owen and his husband, Sam Easley. "I do a great wedding," says Katz. "Believe me, you'd cry." #vmgclient... #vmgclientnews #joelakatz https://www.billboard.com//joel-katz-interview-greenberg-t

Thanks @billboard for sharing! JOEL KATZ, 74 Founding chairman of the global entertainment and media practice, Greenberg Traurig... RAISED $2 MILLION IN ONE NIGHT: Highlights from the A-list entertainment lawyer's year included brokering a deal valued at upwards of $250 million for the Latin Grammys to remain on Univision through 2028, negotiating Jon Platt's move to Sony/ATV (see cover story, page 66) and helping to set up the capital structure for Hitco Entertainment, the music/content company recently formed by ex-Epic Records chief Antonio "L.A." Reid and music-business veteran Charles Goldstuck. Katz, who chairs the T.J. Martell Foundation, also helped set a fundraising record for the cancer research nonprofit: over $2 million in one night. FORGET POWER SUITS, HE WEARS POWER... "Sport jackets, T-shirts and jeans -- to make people comfortable so they'll speak openly." #vmgclient #vmgclientnews #joelakatz https://www.billboard.com//84969/no-52-joel-katz-power-100

Thanks, HITSDailyDouble for sharing this with your readers!! "Strangely enough, Katz noted, my first client in my whole career as a lawyer was James Brown, who I represented off-and-on for about 40 years until he died. Securing him as a client was a story of insanity and silliness, but he and I became very close friends. He always used to tell people, ‘I started Joel Katz off. I was his first client.’ #joelakatz... #vmgclientnews #vmgclient See more

Thanks, AJC Ligaya Figueras for sharing why Atlanta's (& Austin's) oenophiles stash their high-end wines the "Rolls-Royce of storage facilities."

Thanks, AJC Ligaya Figueras for sharing "Vine Vault: Atlanta wine collectors bank on it - Get a look inside the wine storage facility for oenophiles with means" "Vine Vault could be called simply a storage facility. That’s an understatement. When it comes to wine, it’s the Rolls-Royce of storage facilities. Besides being a highly secured space for wines appraised in five figures, the company offers every service imaginable for oenophiles with means."

This is what they call a triple play! Psyched that Robert Polay, #JoelAKAtz, & Chaka Zulu are highlighted in Billboard magazine's story about why Atlanta is so great! Thanks, Jewel Wicker for sharing with your readers! #vmgclient