A year after he was selected to receive the 2025 Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Service Award, Paul Robinson, Warner Music Group’s (WMG) executive vp & general counsel, will finally receive the honor at the 2026 edition of the annual Grammy Week luncheon.

The ELI event was canceled last year in the wake of wildfires that devastated wide swaths of Los Angeles, when the Recording Academy “condensed” Grammy Week programming to prioritize wildfire response. It’s now back on the schedule for 2026 and will be held on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Robinson joined WMG’s legal department in January 1995 as associate general counsel and was appointed executive vp & general counsel in December 2006. He is responsible for WMG’s worldwide legal, business

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