A full-service transactional and litigation law firm focusing on commercial and entertainment matters. Our tailored strategies and legal expertise both advance our clients’ prospects and protect their interests.
Practice Areas
Talent Representation
Ghavimi Vafa represents artists and entrepreneurs in the entertainment, fashion and digital industries. The firm’s talent clients include numerous acclaimed singers, rappers and music producers, as well as fashion designers, content creators and influencers. In addition to public figures, Ghavimi Vafa advises many of today’s emerging artists and entrepreneurs in entertainment, including creators and performers in programming distributed across a multitude of platforms.
The firm has negotiated several record, licensing and global rights deals, provided counsel to numerous independent and emerging artists, and helped artists make significant gains in their effort to secure royalties and regain intellectual property rights.
Corporate Advisory
Ghavimi Vafa serves as outside general counsel to numerous established companies, start-ups, family offices, and high-net worth entrepreneurs in the music, fashion, entertainment, technology and real estate industries. The firm has negotiated and structured financing and distribution deals, handled international and domestic purchase and sale of assets, advised private equity buyers, consulted on debt and equity arrangements for international mergers and acquisitions, negotiated partnerships and joint ventures between the major labels and our talent clients, and provided strategic advice to music industry financiers in connection with the purchase and sale of music industry assets.
Music
Ghavimi Vafa serves as outside general counsel to numerous established companies, start-ups, family offices, and high-net worth entrepreneurs in the music, fashion, entertainment, technology and real estate industries. The firm has negotiated and structured financing and distribution deals, handled international and domestic purchase and sale of assets, advised private equity buyers, consulted on debt and equity arrangements for international mergers and acquisitions, negotiated partnerships and joint ventures between the major labels and our talent clients, and provided strategic advice to music industry financiers in connection with the purchase and sale of music industry assets.
Litigation
Ghavimi Vafa focuses on issues particular to businesses and individuals in the media, entertainment and corporate space. Our firm has represented clients in several high-stakes disputes involving breach of contract, copyright infringement, wage and hour, failure to pay royalties, misappropriation, defamation, shareholder derivative and other similar lawsuits. Our aggressive litigators are well versed in law and motion, trials, anti-SLAPP issues, labor commission disputes and commercial arbitrations. Our team has successfully litigated cases against the some of the world largest law firms in state and federal court. We think outside the box to quickly and efficiently resolve complicated disputes.
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In a new age of entertainment deals, players and platforms, Ghavimi Vafa uses commercial savvy and legal expertise to advance and protect our clients’ interests.
Our Partners
John Vafa is a music attorney with a Juris Doctorate from University of San Diego School of Law and attended the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. Prior to law school, he participated as first chair in symphonic orchestras, a touring DJ and producer, and a co-founder of a talent purchasing and event production company for venues in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami. He represented artists as an artist manager while attending law school. Prior to forming G&V Law, John worked in business and legal affairs for record labels and publishers and has extensive transactional experience in negotiating and drafting agreements & licenses for music monetization.
John also participated in domestic and international corporate acquisitions. In addition to John’s transactional experience, he has extensive litigation experience and litigates high profile entertainment related matters as lead counsel in both State and Federal Court. John is also a strong advocate of providing pro bono legal services and notes the importance of providing pro bono representation in the music industry in order to protect the future interest of potential music artists that only lack the financial resources to retain independent counsel. John also provides pro bono legal representation in criminal defense matters and for artists who lack financial resources to retain counsel. As a music enthusiast and former touring artist, John continues to bridges the gap between creativity and business and always looks negotiate arrangements that benefits all parties, including the artist and corporate third party corporate music companies.
Aidin Ghavimi focuses his practice on contract disputes and commercial litigation. He is an aggressive litigator who stresses active and open communication. He is a well-versed negotiator who takes advantage of bargaining power at every opportunity. Aidin received his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California, with Honors. He received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Prior to co-founding the firm, Aidin worked in the United States District Court, Central District of California as a judicial extern for the Hon. Chief Judge George H. King.
Aidin has represented multinational corporations in high stakes litigation involving contract, employment and construction disputes. He has brought and opposed several Anti-SLAPP motions in defamation and privacy tort cases. Aidin has also advised managers and artist representatives with respect to the Talent Agency Act and has represented clients before the California Labor Commissioner. He has also served as co-counsel in international commercial arbitration proceedings. Aidin uses his experience to negotiate favorable deals on behalf of his clients and to counsel clients in ways to avoid future disputes.