Biography
Stephanie Chopurian, Esq. is a very well respected and established Entertainment Attorney working alongside artists, producers, songwriters and independent labels for the past 10 years since she began practicing law in 2015 in all types of negotiations concerning copyright rights including publishing agreements, licensing, master recording agreements, distribution and label agreements, producer and songwriter agreements, etc. Stephanie Chopurian is Colombian-Uruguayan and of Armenian decent who was born in Queens, NY and raised in Uruguay from 1 to 5 years old where her first language was Spanish and then came back to NYC where she learned English as her second language.
Stephanie Chopurian is 36 years old and has made a career for herself in the music industry starting from the bottom as a paralegal and making her voice heard around the world. As one of the youngest Latina Entertainment lawyers ever, in 2024 she received for a third time in a row recognition as one of Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers in the field of Entertainment and Music. Ms. Chopurian was also recognized last year in Billboard’s inaugural Latin Women in Music List, named as one of the four visionary emerging executives under the age of 40 as well as Billboard’s Top Music Lawyer. Stephanie Chopurian received Best Lawyers In The New York Area —Ones to Watch 2022, 2023 & 2024 and Women in Law —Ones to Watch 2022 recognized for her Excellence in Entertainment Law published in The New York Times. Ms. Chopurian along with her colleague Matt Greenberg, Esq., represent a roster of prestigious talent in the Latin music industry including, the number one Latin music producer in the world Ovy On The Drums (who won 3 Grammys with his work on Karol G’s latest & most successful album “Mañana Será Bonito”), Arcángel, Sech, De La Ghetto, KristoMan & Lenny Tavarez, Prince Royce, Chencho, Bad Milk, DJ Maff and rising new music stars Maisak and Le Coco. She has also worked in the past with clients such as White World Record & Myke Towers, Keityn, Farina, Karol G, Tainy, The Rude Boyz (Maluma’a producers), among many more.
Over the last couple years, Ms. Chopurian represented and negotiated the License Agreement for King Ovy, LLC with Warner Music Latina for Ovy On The Drums for Ovy’s new album, Ovy’s re-negotiation with BMI that was closed last year 2023, as well as negotiated the Distribution agreement for White World Record & Myke Towers with Warner Music Latina and Warner Music Records that was highly publicized in Billboard in February 2021. Ms. Chopurian represented and re-negotiated the new publishing agreement for Ovy On The DRUMS with Kobalt Music Publishing that was highly publicized in Billboard in July 2021. Ms. Chopurian represented and re-negotiated the new publishing agreement for Keityn with Sony Music Publishing Latin closed in November 2021. Ms. Chopurian also represented King TDH & Micro TDH in negotiating and closing the License agreement with Warner Music Latina in June 2021 and Micro TDH’s publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing that was publicized in October 2021. Ms. Chopurian also negotiated and represented Karol G, Sech and Ovy On The Drums with their BMI agreements closed at the end of 2020.