Andy most recently served as the General Counsel and Head of Business Affairs for theAudience, a next generation social media agency and content studio creating and publishing content for brands and studios through a network of over 40,000 social media influencers. Andy advises start-up companies in branded content, digital distribution and the social media influencer space on strategic partnerships and business development, talent deals, brand and studio collaborations, risk analysis and management, insurance, IP matters, and oversees day-to-day business and legal affairs and operations. Andy also developed an industry leading system of compliance, monitoring and enforcement of branded social media influencer marketing based on learnings from the FTC Endorsement Guides and the most recent FTC enforcement actions. He conducts trainings and is invited to speak to lawyers, influencers and agencies on best practices and effective compliance in social media content publishing.

Sole in-house counsel and advising on business development and strategy for a next generation agency and content studio creating and publishing content for brands and studios through a network of 6,000 social media influencers. Created a bespoke suite of templates for social media influencer talent deals, social media page management services, social strategy and consulting services, master services agreements and statements of work for brands and studios that allow the company to scale rapidly and efficiently. Advise C-Level execs on strategic partnerships and business development, risk analysis and management, insurance, IP matters, and oversee the day-to-day business and legal affairs for the company. Supervise outside counsel on employment matters, IP, technology, privacy and data protection issues. Developed terms of use and privacy policy for the company's proprietary content management and analytics platform and company website. Manage all production legal matters for branded content creation and distribution through social media and video platforms. Created affiliate revenue share agreement templates for company's YouTube Multi-Channel Network of artists. Developed industry leading endorsement disclosure guidelines for social media influencers publishing branded content based on FTC Endorsement Disclosure Guides. Responsible for training staff on best practices in content publishing in social media for brand clients, endorsement disclosures and intellectual property issues as they relate to content creation for digital and social media platforms.