Bio

Aliya Nelson brings more than 20 years of corporate, entertainment, and licensing experience to Greenspoon Marder. As a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Business practice group, Ms. Nelson focuses on entertainment, intellectual property, and corporate transactional matters. She has substantial experience in all aspects of corporate and entertainment law, which include representing marketing agencies, sports, media, and technology companies, as well as Grammy award-winning artists, songwriters, and producers. As a seasoned practitioner, she serves as a trusted advisor and a fierce advocate for her clients, advising board of directors and senior management of sports, media, technology companies, financial institutions, and real estate developers through various corporate transactional and real estate matters. Ms. Nelson also has extensive experience representing clients, both as a lead attorney and outside general counsel, in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity, debt financing, and general corporate matters. Ms. Nelson has served as a managing principal of an experiential marketing and activation agency that owned and operated branded youth sports properties around the United States and a multicultural advertising and experiential agency that served clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small and mid-sized companies. Prior to joining Greenspoon Marder, Ms. Nelson founded and led her own firm for 18 years, concentrating on intellectual property, corporate, and entertainment matters. She was also an Adjunct Professor at New York University teaching legal issues affecting non-profit entities and an Adjunct Professor at The College of New Rochelle introducing law related issues to undergraduate students.