Sheppard

Entertainment, Technology and Advertising

Bob Darwell is the Head of Global Media and a senior partner in the Entertainment, Technology and Advertising practice in the firm's Century City office. In August 2024, the Beverly Hills Bar Association honored Darwell as Entertainment Lawyer of the Year and in January 2025, AMEC (Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel) awarded Sheppard's Entertainment practice as Counsel of the Year.

2024 proved to be another extraordinary year for Bob and his team. Bob's team worked on the acquisition and development of hundreds of motion picture and television projects. After representing Amazon in connection with its acquisition of MGM, Amazon's second-largest acquisition in history, Bob and his colleagues worked with their in-house counterparts on the integration of the revered MGM library into Amazon MGM Studios. On top of that, Bob also guided Amazon MGM Studios, Wondery, Twitch, Nickelodeon, Disney, Peacock and Meta in connection with numerous high-profile movie, television, podcast and AI projects.

French

Harvard Law School FiLM Society Board of Advisors

Advisory Board, Media Law International

Nashville Fashion Forward Advisory Counsel

Law360's Media and Entertainment Editorial Advisory Board

Former Co-Chair, Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Law Section

Past President, Premier Patrons of the American Cinematheque

Emeritis, Planning Committee for the UCLA Entertainment Law Symposium

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1988, magna cum laude

B.A., Arizona State University, 1985, summa cum laude

French Language Program, Sorbonne (University of Paris), 1985