Latham & Watkins lawyers are grounded in decades of experience across all sectors of entertainment, sports, and media.
Latham’s practice combines decades of experience representing major industry players, unique market insights about the industries’ legal and financial drivers, and a seamless global platform to deliver sophisticated commercial advice on cutting-edge and high-stakes transactions and disputes around the world.
Latham advises diversified global media companies, production and distribution houses, studios, digital and new media companies, iconic celebrities, licensors/rights holders and individual talent, as well investors and financiers leveraging the practice’s global reach and full-spectrum experience to help clients navigate:
Latham advises traditional sports as well as esports teams, owners, and governing bodies, as well as financial institutions, investors, corporate sponsors, stadium developers, TV broadcasters, and digital distribution and over-the-top (OTT) platforms on their most important negotiations, transactions, and disputes — from team purchases and broadcast licensing to stadium matters and sponsorships. Specifically, Latham guides clients on:
Britt Lovejoy honored among “the nation's most promising lawyers.”
Capital Markets partner honored by Law360 for guiding clients through a gamut of groundbreaking deals, from Rivian's blockbuster US$11.9 billion initial public offering to Sixth Street's investment in baseball's San Francisco Giants.
Partner Aaron Chiu honored for defending clients in enterprise-defining antitrust disputes and securing critical litigation victories in complex cases for major sports organizations.