Miro Oballa, B.COM, LL.B. - Legal Counsel

Miro has been practicing entertainment law since 2002. Primarily focused on music, Miro's practice also encompasses the areas of film, television, gaming, new media, dance, art and event promotion. His client list includes artists, record labels, music publishers, film and television producers, music producers and on-screen personalities. Since being called to the bar in 2001, Miro has worked for prominent Bay Street law firms, and entertainment law boutique Stohn Abramovitch. He has taught courses in the entertainment business program at the International Academy of Design, and at the Harris Institute for the Arts and is on the board of directors of the Urban Music Association of Canada .

In addition to his legal experience, Miro has been actively involved in the business side of the entertainment industry as a former owner of both a nightclub and an entertainment company. He applies this entrepreneurial background to his legal work, providing clients with strategic business planning as well as legal advice to help them navigate the murky waters of the business of entertainment.

Miro has extensive experience in the negotiation and drafting of agreements covering all areas of the music industry, including recording, publishing, production, management, touring and personality rights. His expertise also extends to film and television in the areas of rights acquisition, rights management, production and distribution, and to dispute resolution.

Miro is currently a partner at Taylor Mitsopulos Klein Oballa (TMKO) in Toronto, ON.

  Miro is a member of the following organizations:

• The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS)
• The Urban Music Association of Canada
• The Law Society of Upper Canada
• Canadian Bar Association

  Miro has been a panelist at the following conferences:

• Canadian Music Week
• NXNE
• SOCAN Symposiums

Some of Miro's clients include:

• Abdominal (Sanctuary)
• Carps (Urbnet)
• Classified
• Ghost Is Dancing (Sonic Unyon)
• Grand Analog (Urbnet)
• Hip Hop Canada
• JazzByGenre Music Festival
• Junior Boys (Domino)
• K'Naan (Sony BMG)
• Let's Go To War (Last Gang)
• Luther Brown (So You Think You Can Dance Canada/Do Dat)
• Manifesto Festival
• Mongrel Media
• Point Blank (KOCH)
• Renegade Motion Pictures
• Shad K (Black Box Recordings)
• Syntonics
• Stylus DJ Awards
• Two Hours Traffic (Bumstead)
• White Pine Pictures (Shake Hands With The Devil)

Miro also works in tandem with Chris Taylor servicing clients such as:

• Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune)
• Art of Dying (Thorny Bleeder/Universal)
• Faber Drive (604/Universal)
• Kid Koala (Ninja Tune)
• K-OS (EMI)
• Massari (Universal)
• Xavier Rudd (Salt X/Universal)

(Bio used from tmkolawyers.com)