Led by Robert Sherman, DLA Piper LLP (US) is home to a team capable of handling a variety of transactional entertainment matters. The practice handles matters involving music rights and music rights finance, production finance, and distribution. The team is praised by clients for being ‘excellent from every point of view: professional and personal’. Sherman, based in Los Angeles, focuses his practice on financing, including acquisitions within the entertainment industry, and represents a variety of clients, from PE funds to film and television production studios. He is also adept at handling music rights sales and acquisitions. Katherine Imp, also based in Los Angeles, offers the team expertise, advising a range of clients from film and television companies to social media and video games entities. Tom Ara and David Markman left the firm.
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Key clients
- Bella Figura Music
- City National Bank
- Concord
- Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP
- Duetti, Inc.
- Fox Corporation
- Gold State Music
- HarbourView Equity Partners, LLC
- JP Morgan Chase & Company
- LEGO Group
- Main Street Sports Group / FanDuel Sports Network
- MGM Resorts International
- Paramount Global
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- The E.W. Scripps Company
- United Entertainment Group
- Warner Bros. Discovery
Work highlights
Advised Concord on finance and corporate matters.
Represented TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. in structuring and negotiating its long-term The Olympic Program (TOP) partnership agreement.
Represented Fox Entertainment in a strategic agreement with Holywater.
Practice head
Robert Sherman
Other key lawyers
Katherine Imp; Mike Senkowski; Nancy Victory; John Frantz