Brandon Tatum, Esq.

is a multi-hyphenate lawyer, business executive, public speaker, and performing artist 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 internet conglomerates). He previously acted as General Counsel and VP/Global Head of Music for Gala Games (a leading Web3 gaming and entertainment company), Director of Business & Legal Affairs for both SM Entertainment and SoundCloud (the world’s largest audio discovery platform).

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, Capital Music Group, Warner Records, Google, CAA, Marvel, Intel, MAC Cosmetics, Roblox, Microsoft, Amazon, LEGO, Ubisoft, Take Two Interactive and more.

Brandon is a California-qualified attorney who holds a J.D. 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. Brandon has dedicated his life and career to breaking through glass ceilings in business for Black people internationally and pushing forward DEIA initiatives. He firmly believes that the sincere valuing of diversity in business will be a key catalyst for the exponential advancement of society.