About Ishan

Don’t go it alone—navigating business opportunities without solid legal advice is a tough gig. Ishan has built his practice on providing clients with clear legal paths to innovate, evolve, and grow.

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360° legal counsel that’s built on trust,
personalised service, and innovative thinking.

Contracts, intellectual property, entertainment, digital media — your complete legal partner.

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Clients

  • “Ishan is one of the best legal advisors I have worked with. He has a knack for providing high quality and commercially practical legal advice that enables us to run a better business.
    An absolute expert in IP law, Ishan is a must for any new and innovative company.”

    Bosco Tan, Director, Pocketbook

  • "Ishan provides a thorough and professional service that we have full faith in for new and ongoing matters”.

    Ashley Gay, Founder, Director, Xelon Entertainment

  • “We were very impressed with Ishan's prompt, thorough & co-operative approach and he covered areas we hadn't even considered.
    His knowledge is valuable and we would highly recommend his services!”

    Stevi Hill, Manager, Noisehive

  • Ishan has been a very professional and passionate legal representative for me in my role as founder and CEO of CloudHerd...He has always sought to go beyond the surface of the matter and truly understand our business so that he can give us the best legal service possible.

    Alexander Stamp, Founder and Director, Cloudherd

  • Ishan has been a key asset to the success of RADA7’s set up and day to day operation. His genuine interest in identifying what is best for the company and seeking such results in an honest, professional and forward thinking manner has been truly valuable. Ishan's high level of consistency across a wide selection of legal & strategic matters has been pivotal to the way we do business.

    Raye Antonelli, Managing Director, RADA7

ABOUT ME

ISHAN KARUNANAYAKE

Principal Lawyer

Ishan can shred a guitar riff with the best of them—once even with B.B. King. His love for music is only matched by his 10-year experience in commercialisation agreements, intellectual property, and corporate law. Ishan has worked at prestigious national and international firms where commercial, copyright, trade mark, and IT matters dominated his portfolio. He has since become the go-to adviser in the digital, start-up, and creative industries.
Ishan’s open, personable, straight-talking style, combined with his education in business and law, has garnered respect and trust from a wide circle of clients that span individuals, small ventures, non-profits, talent, and corporations—including Ministry of Sound, Australia’s largest independent entertainment company. He is endorsed by Mayones Guitar Company, a boutique brand that boasts a roster of world-famous guitarists. Ishan has also won the 2014 Arts Law Centre Community Award, in recognition of his volunteer legal services.
Reach out to Ishan to learn more. He’s easy to talk to, transparent, and is always happy to talk music gear and tech gadgets at no extra charge.
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SERVICES

Specialising in commercial, entertainment and intellectual
property law, and advising across a wide spectrum of legal needs.

Business and Corporate structuring

Licensing and rights management

Company secretarial matters

Contractual advisory and drafting

Cross- jurisdictional deals

New media management

Intellectual Property protection

Talent negotiation

Touring
advisory

Company wide General Counsel services

Trade Mark management and registration

Privacy

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Ministry of Sound Australia

Australia’s Largest Independent Music Company

360° General Counsel services to the entire Ministry of Sound group of companies.

Sweat it Out! Music

Independent Record Label

Wide-ranging strategic business advice, formal contractual negotiation, and advisory services to one of Australia’s most influential dance music brands.

Pocketbook

#1 Financial App on iTunes, One of Australia’s Top Start-ups

Advisory and drafting services for Pocketbook’s entire digital presence and related regulatory matters.

RADA7 Talent Management

Talent Management Agency

360° General Counsel services and strategic business advice to this widely regarded talent management agency.

Xelon Entertainment

Australia’s Premier Digital Music Distribution Company

Drafting and advising on contracts and licenses, as well as general legal advice.

Noisehive

Premium Digital Distribution for Independent Bands, Artists, and Labels

Drafting and advising on contracts and licenses.

Cloudherd

Advanced Livestock Acquisition Systems Start-up

Shareholding, investment and regulatory advice on all business operations.

Central Station Records

Australia’s Longest Running Independent Record Label

360° legal services to the entire business.

October Records

Independent Record Label and Talent Management

360° legal services across all legal matters.

Soapbox Agency/360

Australia’s Largest Electronic Touring and Bookings Agency

360° legal services across all legal matters.

LNG Music

Music Label

Licensing drafting and advisory services

Crown Rights Management

Talent Management Agency

360° legal services across all legal matters.

READY WHEN YOU ARE

It starts with a conversation. Get in touch with Ishan today.