Rob Ellison > Latham & Watkins LLP > Century City, United States > Lawyer Profile
Latham & Watkins LLP Offices
10250 CONSTELLATION BOULEVARD
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Rob Ellison
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Rob Ellison is a member of the Litigation & Trial Department and the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice. He advises clients in the areas of entertainment, sports, and media litigation, general commercial litigation, and trade secrets litigation. Mr. Ellison has successfully represented clients ranging from entertainers and high-net-worth individuals to leading internet, entertainment, and emerging companies, as well as sports franchises. He has substantial trial experience and routinely leads his teams in all facets of the discovery process. With a keen eye to limiting litigation exposure, Mr. Ellison has deftly handled sensitive government and internal investigations, high-profile entertainment litigation, and disputes for high-net-worth individuals, leading internet, and emerging companies, as well as sports franchises.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Latham & Watkins LLP
‘s Los Angeles-based practice offers extensive California court experience and an impressive track record in major Hollywood disputes. The firm’s client base encompasses the full spectrum of ESM stakeholders, including production and distribution companies, high net worth individuals, sector associations, and major tech and new media platforms. In addition to handling leading disputes between private clients, the team is also experienced at representing private and public companies in governmental investigations and is trusted to assist with the drafting of new legislation. Team lead Marvin S. Putnam‘s portfolio spans a wide array of contentious and transactional matters, while Jessica Stebbins Bina notably represented celebrity clients in litigation relating to their promotion of FTX. Laura Washington and Robert Ellison both act in public investigations and inquiries relating to ESM matters. Copyright claims represent an essential part of the firm’s ESM work, with Andrew Gass and Joe Wetzel possessing expert capability in digital and music disputes, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
- Media and entertainment: litigation United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Next Generation Partners United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism