Music Catalog Counsel for Investors

Ted Hall is a New York lawyer focused on the legal, financial, and operational realities of music IP ownership. He advises catalog buyers, investors, and artists, tying contract terms to cash flow, risk, and exit value.

Previously Royalty Director at mtheory (now Virgin Music Label & Artist Services), he managed rights ingestion and reconciliation across PROs, publishers, labels, SoundExchange, the MLC, and international CMOs. He has built deal models, corrected registrations, recovered underpayments, mapped termination exposure, and translated technical rights language into clear decisions for fund managers and legal teams.

Princeton B.A.; Seton Hall J.D. Admitted in New York. Member, NYSBA Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section

What we do

Acquire & Secure
• Chain-of-title review
• Split and share validation
• Termination exposure mapping
• Pricing guardrails and sensitivities

Operate & Recover
• Statement ingestion and normalization
• Registration hygiene and gap fixes
• Underpayment claims and recoveries
• Rate and policy monitoring

Prepare & Exit
• Data room build and cleanup
• KPI narrative and variance history
• Disclosure schedules
• Transition plan and handoff