Mr Brian Anderson > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Brian Anderson
Work Department
Intellectual Property; Advertising; Sports
Position
Brian Anderson is a Partner in Sheppard Mullin’s San Francisco office. He leads the Firm’s Advertising and Sports Practice.
Brian represents brands, teams, leagues, companies, and investors as their chief legal strategist, managing various matters, ranging from commercial partnerships, sponsorships, media rights, naming rights, and licensing transactions to complying with advertising laws and data protection regulations.
He mainly focuses on issues arising from using new technologies and business models, such as blockchain (NFTs, digital assets, etc.) and interactive entertainment (metaverses, virtual worlds, esports, etc.).
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals
Education
J.D. University of California, Davis, Law Review
B.A. University of California, Davis, with honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has an experienced cross-disciplinary technology transactions team which combines a mixtire of corporate, IP, and entertainment and media lawyers. The firm has been particularly busy advising media and entertainment companies on NFT launches, while on the M&A side, it assisted Sony Interactive Entertainment on its acquisition of the Seattle-based videogame developer Valkyrie Entertainment. The ‘responsive and knowledgeable‘ Brian Anderson and Daniel Schnapp in New York jointly lead the team with Michael Orlando in San Diego and Marisa Brutoco in Orange County. ‘Excellent’ associate, Brittany Walter (San Diego), is also singled out for her ‘good eye towards substantive legal issues‘.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Tax > International tax
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)