Jeffrey Harleston

General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs

Jeffrey Harleston is responsible for the global oversight of all business transactions, contracts and litigation. He is additionally responsible for the development of corporate policies, including the coordination of UMG’s government relations, trade and anti-piracy activities, to ensure a unified strategy across the Company’s divisions.

Harleston joined the Company in 1993 at MCA Records, after serving as Associate Independent Counsel for the Iran Contra Investigation and prior to that as a Litigation Associate at Covington & Burling LLP. Throughout his career, Harleston has been recognized for his many achievements including receiving The Recording Academy’s 2020 Entertainment Law Initiative Service Award, Billboard’s 2018 ‘Lawyer of the Year’, the 2018 Diversity Award from the Association of Corporate Counsel for Southern California. In 2017, Harleston was named one of Ebony magazine’s ‘Power 100’ and he is annually recognized by Billboard on the magazine’s ‘Power 100’ list of the most powerful executives in the music industry.

Harleston is a Member of the Board of Trustees of Williams College and the Board of Harvard-Westlake School. He also serves on the boards of the Recording Industry Association of America the TJ Martell Foundation, MusiCares and the Motown Museum. Harleston is proud to be a Founder of the Universal/Motown Fund, an endowment dedicated to providing financial assistance for artists from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Williams College and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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