Monika Tashman brings more than 25 years of experience crafting innovative transactions and providing strategic counsel to clients at the intersection of entertainment, music, technology and thought leadership. Drawing from her deep industry experience, coaching background, business knowledge and legal experience, Monika has a distinctive approach to deal structuring, negotiation and advisement of clients. Her objective in every deal is to push past monetization barriers and into business optimization. Each deal Monika negotiates is tailored to the client’s value system, risk profile and career objectives.
Monika’s clients include entrepreneurial artists as well as live music, record label, publishing, film, emerging entertainment and experiential music production companies. She has been featured in several industry publications, including Billboard and Variety, and in national news publications such as USA Today and The New York Times. Monika has garnered recognition as one of Billboard’s “Top Music Lawyers” consistently from 2018 to 2024. She has also been honored as the “Best Lawyer” in Entertainment Law – Music by the Best Lawyers in America from 2020 to 2024 and was named among the top entertainment attorneys in Variety’s “Legal Impact Report” from 2019 to 2022. Monika was also named among Billboard’s “Women in Music Top Executives” from 2019 to 2023.