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Joel Teklu is a transactional attorney with over 15 years of experience in structuring, negotiating, and drafting complex commercial transactions and intellectual property licensing across the US and abroad. His practice focuses on providing business and legal counsel to companies, across a variety of business life cycles and industries, to help them manage and expand their relationships with customers, strategic partners, and service vendors.

Education

University of Southern California (Gould) School of Law, J.D. 2008
Columbia University, Columbia College, B.A., Political Science and Psychology, 2003

Admitted to Practice

California (2008)
Texas (2024)

Practice Areas

Entity Formation and Restructuring
Construction Law
Commercial Transactions for Sales, Services, and Supply Chain
Entertainment Law
Executive Compensation and Severance
Franchise Law
Intellectual Property Licensing
Mediation

Previous Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Joel practiced in the technology and entertainment sectors, primarily in Los Angeles. In tech, he served as in-house counsel at Roku and Vizio where he primarily supported their business development efforts with strategic partners in the streaming television ecosystem. In entertainment, he served in roles at major studios and boutique law firms where he supported the development and production of television and digital media programming.

Lagniappe

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Fun Fact: Traveled solo for a year to 29 countries across 3 continents

Passionate About: Family, History, Public Policy, Pop Culture, Fitness, & Competitive Trivia


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