Maxime Beauvais
Associate attorney, music and podcasts
I hear a contract the way a producer does: who is in the room, and who gets paid.
I came to law from a recording studio. I engineered sessions for years before law school, and it left me with a habit of asking who made what, and in what order, before anyone mentions money.
I handle music, publishing and podcast work at the firm. I work with writers, producers and hosts, explain what a clause does in the language of a session, and speak French and Haitian Creole with clients who prefer them.
What I take on
- Split sheets and collaborator agreements
- Producer and recording agreements
- Hosts' and guest agreements for podcasts
- Sample and sync licenses
Credentials
Bar admissions
Florida
2012
Courts
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
2013
Education
J.D., Howard University School of Law
2011
B.A., University of Florida
2008
Languages
English
French
Haitian Creole
Sample matters
The kind of work I do
Signed
Split sheet for a three-person song
Shares of 40, 40 and 20 agreed in writing the evening of the session.
Sample
Agreed
Hosts' agreement for a two-person show
Ownership of the show name and feed, revenue shares and an exit plan, set out before the first sponsor.
Sample
Cleared
Sample for an independent release
A short license from the rights holder, in place before the track went to stores.
Sample
These sample matters are invented to show the kind of work. Every matter is different, and an outcome in one says nothing about another.
Send Maxime the deal
Tell me what the agreement is and when it needs an answer. I will reply with a flat fee.