Brandon Tatum, Esq.

is a multi-hyphenate lawyer, business strategist, and public speaker with extensive international experience in the entertainment and technology industries. He currently serves as General Counsel of SM & Kakao Entertainment America, the fully integrated U.S. subsidiary of SM Entertainment (the pioneer of modern K-Pop music and one of the largest South Korean entertainment conglomerates) and Kakao Entertainment (the entertainment subsidiary of Kakao Corporation, one of the largest South Korean technology conglomerates). He previously acted as General Counsel and VP/Global Head of Music for Gala Games (a leading Web3 entertainment company), Director of Business & Legal Affairs for both SM Entertainment and SoundCloud.

He has been recognized by Billboard as a Top Music Lawyer in 2023 for his innovative work in the Web3 music industry and his integral support in expanding the K-Pop music industry into the Western Hemisphere.

Additionally, Brandon spent 5 years living in Tokyo, Japan between 2013 and 2019 during which time he completed his M.B.A. at GLOBIS University (Japan’s largest graduate business school), worked heavily in the J-Pop and K-Pop music industries, and served as a foreign lawyer at “Big 4” Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune handling international commercial and technology transactions.

He has led deals with some of the biggest names in the entertainment and technology space, such as Universal Music Group, Capital Music Group, Warner Records, Virgin Music Label and Artist Services, BBC, ITV Studios, Google, CAA, Marvel, Intel, MAC Cosmetics, Roblox, Microsoft, Amazon, LEGO, Ubisoft, Take Two Interactive, and more.

Brandon is a California-qualified attorney and is currently seeking admission to the roll of solicitors in the UK after successfully passing the Solicitors Qualifying Examination in March 2025. Brandon holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Southern California Law School and an LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law from the London School of Economics & Political Science.