Jacqueline Sabec

Jacqueline Sabec is a partner in the Entertainment Department at King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, advising artists, estates, and rights-holders across the full spectrum of music, entertainment, and intellectual property matters. Jacqueline brings decades of experience helping talent protect and grow the value of their music, catalogs, brands and careers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

Jacqueline’s practice focuses on the business of entertainment and the deals that shape it - including recording and publishing agreements, catalog and asset acquisitions, licensing and brand partnerships, touring and merchandising, talent agreements, film and television, and strategic advisory work for artist-owned companies and legacy estates. She is frequently engaged in high-stakes negotiations where long-term rights preservation, brand alignment, and commercial leverage are central.

Jacqueline works with many Grammy Award–winning and multi-platinum recording artists, songwriters and producers, Hall of Fame legacy artists and their estates, music executives, entertainment entrepreneurs, and Emmy-winning television and media personalities. Her work often involves navigating complex rights and legacy planning across generations.

Jacqueline is known for a practical, deal-forward approach and for serving as a trusted, long-term counselor to clients and their teams - bringing clarity and strategy to moments that require both creative sensitivity and rigorous business judgment.

Originally from Tennessee, Jacqueline returned to her home state after many years practicing in California, while continuing to maintain a national and international practice.