Reed Smith LLP

Reed Smith LLP‘s entertainment finance practice is chaired by Stephen Sessa in Century City and is part of its global entertainment and media industry group. Sessa specialises in buying and selling copyrights for the music industry and excels in advising on music catalog sales and acquisitions. The practice represents institutional lenders, private financiers and corporate borrowers in a motion picture and television production financing and syndicated financings. The team serves a number of sectors within the media industry including music, celebrities, publishing, advertising and brands. Michael Sherman is part of the Century City practice and advises media entities on US and foreign tax credit financings, as well as other finance transactions for single motion picture, television series and music clients. In Chicago, Jason Gordon leads on advertising and marketing matters, while Monique Bhargava handles adtech transactions. Christian Simonds is the go-to for studios, financiers, networks and production companies for film and TV transactions, he resides in New York.