Eight Fox Rothschild Attorneys Named to Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Lawyers List
Fox Rothschild congratulates the attorneys in our nationwide Entertainment & Sports Law Department who were selected to Billboard Magazine’s 2025 “Top Music Lawyers” list. The prestigious annual list highlights leading attorneys who are “making deals, guiding clients and watching out for AI.”
Listed among this year’s honorees are:
Kenneth J. Abdo
Paul N. Bowles III
Cynthia L. Katz
Tim Mandelbaum
Michael Reinert
Leron E. Rogers
Alex Threadgold
Heidy Vaquerano
Billboard cited the group’s notable entertainment client portfolio, which includes Kobalt Music, BMG, Primary Wave, Concord, Litmus, Iconoclast, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan, $uicideboy$, Raphael Saadiq, Stone Temple Pilots, Mötley Crüe, Better Noise Music, Trace Adkins, Three Dog Night and Kool & The Gang.
Mandelbaum spoke with Billboard and noted the groups’ work with HarbourView Equity Partners, where over the past year, “our team handled a $500 million debt financing for HarbourView that was backed by its music royalties catalog. This was among the music industry’s biggest deals of the past year.”
Fox’s nationwide Entertainment & Sports Law attorneys advocate for artists, creators, athletes, companies and executives with comprehensive transactional and litigation representation across entertainment industries, sports and media.
A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

