Sarah Rosenbaum

Sarah currently serves as Music Counsel to Google, including to YouTube. The legal team on which she works supports all commercial deal negotiation, product counseling, and policy work that involves music rights and licensing across the company. Sarah’s work focuses primarily on music publishing.

Sarah previously served as Director of Business & Legal Affairs at Music Reports. Internally, Sarah supported product launches, managed client relationships, and oversaw legal compliance of various rights administration platforms. Externally, she counseled clients on music licensing strategies and negotiated agreements on their behalf.

Sarah previously served as a Rights Attorney at NBCUniversal. In that role, she advised internal business units on ownership and distribution rights in television and film properties, managed the team providing rights analysis for domestic television, and helped modernize internal rights databases.

During law school, Sarah drafted film, television, and video game licenses for Warner Bros. film studio, counseled music clients in the intellectual property clinic at her law school, and clerked for the Hon. Nan R. Nolan in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

During and after law school, Sarah co-produced and moderated panels for an entertainment and technology law series for Music Business Association (formerly NARM).

Prior to law school, Sarah supported business development efforts for music start-up, Lirix Inc. She simultaneously managed local music talent and ran a nightlife promotions company that produced live music and fashion events in Chicago.

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