Aïcha Forbes-Diaby is a Music associate in the Firm’s New York office. Aïcha has extensive experience in the entertainment industry drafting, negotiating, and advising on live performance and engagement agreements, music licenses, branding deals, music supervisor contracts and a variety of additional matters.

Before joining Manatt, Aïcha was an associate director at an entertainment marketing agency. She provided support to account teams and liased with brand clients, talent managers and attorneys. Earlier in her career, she worked as an associate with a global talent agency, where her efforts focused on a roster of music clients.