Philip E. Daniels

Philip Daniels is an associate in the Entertainment, Media and Communications Practice Group in the firm's Century City office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Daniels advises high profile talent and companies on all aspects of the entertainment industry.  He has experience in all matters relating to music, new media and technology.  Mr. Daniels has represented Beyonce, Will Smith, Herbie Hancock, Gwen Stefani and other well known recording artists, songwriters and producers.  He has expertise in all digital and technology matters including structuring, drafting and providing strategic advice on deals for Internet and mobile platforms.  Mr. Daniels has specific expertise advising clients operating in the social networking space on the development and distribution of digital content and digital premium goods.  He has negotiated deals with Yahoo!, MSN, Daily Motion and My Space for the distribution of content along with a number of technology infrastructure agreements around the provision of social networking tools and delivery of content.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Mr. Daniels was a senior associate at Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP in Beverly Hills.  He was also an in-house lawyer at BBC Worldwide in London, England, where he was a member of the Internet and Interactive division of BBC Worldwide covering the UK and Europe.  Mr. Daniels was a senior associate at McGrigors Solicitors and an associate at Lee & Thompson Solicitors, both based in London, England.

Education

• Nottingham Law School, England, 1996, English Solicitors’ Finals, Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
• Nottingham Law School, England, 1995, Post Graduate Diploma in Law
• Bristol University, England, 1994, Bachelor of Science, Honors, Biochemistry, Upper Second Degree

Admissions

• California, 2004
• England and Wales, 1998

Languages

• French

Honors

• Times Law Award, 1996, Prize for an essay entitled, “The Future of Advocacy”. The competition was judged by a panel consisting of the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Editor of “The Times” newspaper and senior members of the English Bar.

Memberships

• Member, New Media Committee, BAFTA LA
• Member, British American Business Council, Los Angeles

Articles

• "Can Commerce Trust E-Commerce" - published in the Financial Times newspaper.
• "Napster in the UK" - published in the International Journal of Entertainment Lawyers and the Entertainment Law Review.
• "Digital Certificates/Electronic Signatures - Legal/Regulatory Issues for Financial Institutions" - published in the Computer and Telecommunications Law Review.
• "Offshore E-Business and Data Protection Laws" - published in KPMG’s annual journal entitled "The Future of Financial Services."
• Country contributor to the Entertainment Law Review journal.

Speeches

• "Data Protection and the Law" – London.
• "Peer Respect: Can IP and P2P co-exist?" – London.
• "Interactive City": "Online Subscription" – Cardiff.
• "Online Radio and the Law" – London.
• "Online Piracy and Copyright Law" – London.
• "Wisekey Secure E-Commerce 2000 Conference - "Electronic Signatures/Digital certificates – Legal and Regulatory issues" – Geneva.
• "Legal aspects of B2B E-Commerce" – London.
• "E-Commerce and European Law" – Helsinki.