Daniel Schnapp

Daniel E. Schnapp is a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media Practice Group in the firm’s New York office and Team Leader of the firm’s Technology Transactions Team.  Mr. Schnapp provides strategic counsel and transactional support for multinational corporations, as well as midcap and startup companies, in connection with a wide range of legal and policy issues arising out of the convergence of technology, advertising, entertainment and media, electronic commerce, intellectual property (IP), privacy, data breach, information security, and compliance and risk management.  Dan writes and lectures extensively on new developments in the areas of digital content distribution and syndication, cloud-based content distribution models, end user-generated content and social networking initiatives, outsourcing, electronic commerce, electronic payment systems, privacy and information security.  Dan was selected in 2008 as one of the “Top 50 IP Attorneys Under 45” in IP Law and Business Magazine.  He has also been recognized as a top entertainment attorney by Chambers USA, The Legal 500, and Variety Magazine.