Barbara Berndorff

Barbara is a partner at BERNDORFF RECHTSANWAELTE Berlin since 1997, having specialised in music, film, and entertainment law.
Her music clients include record labels, publishers, managers, producers, DJs, and artists, all of whom value her tailored advice, ranging from music industry contracts to related intellectual property matters. Because of her wide experience in music and music law, she is often involved in clearing music rights for national and international films. She provides composers and musicians who are working on feature films, TV-series, and TV-movies with all the necessary legal advice for the film project and the neighbouring fields - like exploiting soundtracks etc.

In addition, she works for director Wim Wenders' foundation as a musical advisor and legal representative for music matters, as well as for independent film productions as external legal advice.
Recently, she has worked on the music side of productions such as Perfect Days, Maria, Anselm, Treasure, and The Empress.

In supporting film music composers in contractual and organisational matters, she has supervised the projects September 5, Golda, Sterben, Tatami, The Swarm, and more. She is also a regular representative of composers in various German TV formats such as Tatort and Kleines Fernsehspiel, and negotiates contracts with international streamers for series, feature films, and documentaries.