Marissa Román Griffith > Akin > Los Angeles, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
1999 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022
CALIFORNIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Marissa Román Griffith
Work Department
Partner; Corporate & Finance
Position
Marissa Román Griffith is a recognized leader in media finance and entertainment transactional matters. She handles sophisticated financings, asset acquisitions, distribution arrangements and other transactions involving storied entertainment companies, as well as recent entrants that are transforming the sector. Her clients include domestic and foreign lenders, borrowers, distributors, producers and others involved in various aspects of financing, distributing and producing film, television and digital content, including co-financing arrangements and credit facilities.
To learn more about Marissa, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/marissa-roman-griffith.html
Career
Marissa is a leading entertainment lawyer who has been recognized by various industry directories and publications for many years, including The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Euromoney, Daily Journal, the Los Angeles Business Journal and The Los Angeles Times. In addition, Marissa was named as the 2019 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television in Los Angeles by The Best Lawyers in America.
Education
AB, Art History, Princeton University; JD, Stanford Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
Renowned as a go-to advisor for a diverse array of clients, including technology companies, motion picture studios, independent filmmakers, and financial institutions, Akin‘s Los Angeles-based media and entertainment team offers vast experience navigating complex financing arrangements within the industry. Christopher Spicer leads the practice and is well-known for his ability to facilitate high-visibility deals and credit facilities between movie production companies and financial institutions. Marissa Román Griffith specializes in negotiating high-value international financing arrangements for borrowers, financiers, and distributors in the film, television, and digital content spaces.. Alissa Miller and Vanessa Roman also contribute significantly to the team’s strength and depth, with Miller adept at handling deals between independent movie production companies and financial institutions, and Roman focusing on entertainment financings and single project loans. Lauren Epstein is a further name to note and handles private equity-backed and strategic M&A in connection with film and television projects.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism