BMG appoints Anthony Abner to Global General Counsel, EVP, Business & Legal Affairs

24 August 2023 - Press release

 

BMG is proud to announce long-time senior BMG Business & Legal Affairs executive Anthony (Tony) Abner has been appointed to Global General Counsel, Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs. Serving as the most senior attorney counseling BMG senior management and managing BMG’s global legal teams, Abner reports directly to BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld. 

Previously serving in BMG’s Los Angeles office, Abner’s appointment comes one year after his relocation to BMG’s head office in Berlin to coordinate BMG’s global legal matters. 

Abner joined BMG in 2018 as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, responsible for the BMG recorded legal team in North America. In 2020 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs.

Prior to joining BMG, Abner held senior executive posts at PMP Records (which functioned as Def Jam’s first West Coast office bringing Warren G, Domino, and Montel Jordan into Def Jam) and Loud Records (home to Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, 36Mafia, Big Pun, and Funkmaster Flex) as well senior attorney positions at music law firms Lenard & Gonzalez and Davis Shapiro Lewit Montone & Hayes. 

A graduate of Amherst College, Abner received his Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.