Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill LLP, the New York-headquartered music and leisure legislation agency, has rebranded as McKoy Worob Averill Scott & Koenig LLP.
The change, which took impact in January 2026, follows the departure of named companions Reid Hunter and Joe Serling.
Following the transition, longtime associate Jeffrey Koenig has been elevated to named associate, whereas Margo Scott, joins as a brand new named associate.
Three extra companions additionally be part of the agency: Atticus George Carroll, who arrives from Warner Data, the place she was Vice President of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs; plus Anamaria Laguna-Dunn and Kate Glinert, who’ve each been elevated from Senior Counsel.
The agency’s pre-existing management of Mike McKoy, Jeffrey Worob and Craig Averill stays in place.
“Reid Hunter and Joe Serling are each good attorneys, and collectively we constructed some of the esteemed legislation companies in music and leisure.”
Mike McKoy
The agency’s present shopper roster consists of Ejae, one of many singer-songwriters who supplied the singing voice of Rumi in Sony Photos Animation and Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, plus Maroon 5, Maggie Rogers, Leon Bridges, Fall Out Boy, Halsey, LCD Soundsystem, Joji, Magdalena Bay and Rostrum Data.
“Reid Hunter and Joe Serling are each good attorneys, and collectively we constructed some of the esteemed legislation companies in music and leisure,” stated Mike McKoy.
“Jeff, Craig and I are honored to hold on this mission with Jeffrey Koenig and Margo Scott becoming a member of us on the helm, together with companions Atticus George Carroll, Anamaria Laguna-Dunn, and Kate Glinert, and our wonderful associates and workers.”
Margo Scott‘s arrival brings greater than three a long time of major-label expertise to the agency. She rose by the ranks of Atlantic Data to Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Authorized Affairs & Deputy Common Counsel, the place, the agency says, she dealt with enterprise affairs issues regarding Missy Elliott, Coldplay and Maybach Music Group.
She additionally created the Warner Music Group kind settlement, based on the agency.
Scott was later elevated to Common Counsel of Elektra Music Group and 300 Leisure, advising on authorized and enterprise issues regarding Gunna, Younger Thug, Megan Thee Stallion, Twenty One Pilots, Bailey Zimmerman and Brandi Carlile.
She left 300 Elektra Leisure in 2024, and since coming into non-public apply in 2025, Scott has constructed a shopper record that features Matchbox Twenty, plus unbiased firms Artist Home, ALTER Music and Large Machine Rock.
Jeffrey Koenig first joined the agency in 2010, after 5 years in-house at Common Motown Republic, the place he labored on initiatives together with Amy Winehouse and Money Cash Data. Elevated to associate in 2018, Koenig represents purchasers together with Jack Harlow, Mitski, Caamp, Tori Kelly, and Partisan Data.
His purchasers additionally embrace Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Likelihood), who wrote the music and lyrics for The Outsiders – the Broadway adaptation of S.E. Hinton‘s novel that received 4 Tony Awards in 2024, together with Greatest Musical.
The agency’s roster additionally consists of Grammy Award-winning recording artists, Tony Award-winning lyricists, Fortune 500 firms and unbiased document labels, based on the corporate.Music Enterprise Worldwide
