Binta Niambi Brown
Manatt
Partner
A highly sought after music and entertainment attorney, Binta Niambi Brown is an Entertainment Partner in Manatt’s New York Office. She is a solutions-oriented, creative deal maker with extensive experience advising high-profile clients, including iconic talent, institutions, investments and more. Her dealmaking covers a variety of complex, high-value transactions across music, media, entertainment and related industries. Binta regularly advises on lucrative catalogue acquisitions and sales, and structures and negotiates other deals across the spectrum of the entertainment industry, blending her prior experience as an M&A lawyer with her entertainment experience. She has been recognized by Billboard, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Root 100, Fortune Magazine, and the Financial Times, among others. She was most recently named on The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Music Lawyers 2025 list, Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Lawyers list and Variety’s 2025 Music Legal Elite and Dealmakers 2025 list.