As Vice President and Counsel, Daniel Kaufman provides strategic and legal advice to the Perennial team and its clients. In addition to general legal counsel, he brings specialized knowledge and experience in copyright and trademark law, and right of publicity/privacy, as well as labor law, employment law, and collective bargaining negotiations.

Kaufman has experience negotiating complex agreements on behalf of high-profile clients and against powerful negotiation teams. He has negotiated collective bargaining agreements for the unions for the NBA's referees and MLB's umpires, and represented and advised both unions in their day-to-day interactions with their respective leagues. His experiences have given him an intricate understanding of the business and legal sides of professional sports, as well as expansive connections and resources that assist him in serving Perennial's clients.

Kaufman has advised celebrities, entertainers, and athletes on numerous issues, including music licensing, book publishing, labor and employment issues, defamation and right of publicity, and commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Perennial, Kaufman worked as a litigation and intellectual property attorney at Finnegan LLP and K&L Gates LLP, where he assisted in complex commercial litigations and provided vital legal advice regarding trademarks, copyrights, and unfair competition. While at Finnegan, Kaufman was an integral part of a team that successfully obtained a multi-million dollar settlement involving a well-known social networking website.

Kaufman is actively involved in the Washington, D.C. legal community, volunteering his time with the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts and the D.C. Bar Arts, Entertainment, Media, and Sports Law Steering Committee. He recently organized and moderated a panel discussion sponsored by the DC Bar and the Washington Nationals, which featured executives from Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and the World Umpires Association.

Kaufman is a member of the Sports Lawyers Association and the America Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. A native of the Washington, D.C. area, Kaufman received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law and his B.A. from Bucknell University.