Tom Dunlop

Tom Dunlop is the CEO and Co-Founder of Summize, a Manchester based high-growth digital contracting business founded in 2018. Having previously worked as an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, including working as a Global Legal Director for several fast growth technology companies, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Having identified the pressing need to digitalise and modernise the contract lifecycle, Summize makes it easier and faster to review, create and manage contracts.

Brandon Tatum, Esq.

Brandon Tatum, Esq. a is multi-hyphenate lawyer, entrepreneur, and public speaker with a career marked by documented achievements, a winning mentality, and substantial multi-cultural international experience leading cross-functional teams, counselling C-Level executives, conducting global business development, and bridging cultural differences. His expertise spans commercial and technology transactions, entertainment transactions, IP licensing, digital media law, and data privacy.

Brandon was recently selected for Billboard’s prestigious 2023 Top Music Lawyers list for his cutting-edge work in the Web3 music and fashion space plus his international work representing major K-Pop artists. He also consults large organizations and SMEs at the convergence of entertainment, technology, and culture, and he frequently speaks at conferences and private symposiums domestically and internationally on these topics and their intersection with Web3 technologies.

Brandon spent 5 years living in Tokyo, Japan between 2013 and 2019 during which time he completed his M.B.A. at GLOBIS University (Japan’s largest graduate business school), worked heavily in the J-Pop and K-Pop music industries, and served as a foreign lawyer at “Big 4” Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune where he handled international commercial and technology transactions. He has led high-value domestic and cross-border deals with some of the biggest names in the music, gaming, film/TV and technology industries.

Brandon is California-qualified attorney who also holds a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School and an LL.M. in International Intellectual Property Law from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He has dedicated his life and career to breaking through glass ceilings in business for Black people internationally and pushing forward DEIA initiatives. Brandon firmly believes that the sincere valuing of diversity in business will be a key catalyst for the exponential advancement of society.