Robert J. Allan is an AV-rated attorney in California, a Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, and an admitted Solicitor in England and Wales, with over 30 years of international legal experience representing the interests of existing and emerging domestic and international businesses, corporations, partnerships, and trusts. He provides insightful legal counsel on matters in corporate law, corporate compliance, corporate structures, corporate governance and transactions, international law, art law, copyright, music law and entertainment law and litigation.
Mr. Allan also represents many clients in the entertainment and music industry, with a focus on assisting songwriters and their heirs with terminations and reversions of their copyright grants. He also assists in negotiations for the sale and purchase of copyright termination interests, and the sale and or licensing of songs, publishing, and music catalogs.
In addition to helping his clients monetize their music catalogues, Mr. Allan negotiates agreements for name, image, and likeness rights, and life story rights for documentary and film projects.
Author: "Conflicted Duty of Chinese Lawyers," National Law Journal, September 2008. Speaker: "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Director's College at Stanford Law School, 2010; "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," Director's College at Stanford Law School, 2009;"Globalization," Director's College at Stanford Law School, 2009; "Western and Chinese Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility," 2008 Global CEO Forum, Beijing, China, 2008; "Importing Problem Goods from China," Institute for Corporate Counsel, 2008; "Real Estate Investments in China," U.S.-China Business Law Conference, UCLA, 2008.
