Zhang, Adele

Adele Zhang

Associate

adele.zhang@lw.com
    Zhang, Adele

    Adele Zhang

    Associate

    adele.zhang@lw.com

    Profile

    Adele Zhang is an associate in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.

    Adele represents production companies, studios, music studios, online platforms, financial institutions, streamers/content creators and other high-level talent, and other sports, entertainment, and media clients and advises them on a variety of transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, strategic investments and joint ventures, sponsorship arrangements, e-sports related agreements, and services agreements. She also represents growth-stage companies in the entertainment industry throughout their life cycles from formation to financings. 

    Adele received her JD from Harvard Law School where she produced and directed the Harvard Law School Parody.

    Prior to law school, she worked at a law enforcement technology startup.

    Experience

    Adele's experience includes advising:

    • Streamers, content creators and other talent in a variety of matters, such as corporate ventures (including the creation of an esports team), talent services engagements, and sponsorship arrangements.
    • Skydance Media on its pending US$28 billion merger with Paramount Global to form “New Paramount,” a next-generation media and technology company
    • Fubo on its agreement with The Walt Disney Company to combine with Hulu + Live TV
    • Autograph in its formation and other general corporate matters, including its Series A and Series B financing rounds totaling over US$200 million
    • 88Rising in multiple equity financing transactions and general corporate matters 
    • H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of RBmedia, an audiobook publisher and digital distributor
    • Houston Rockets in the acquisition of AT&T SportsNet Southwest with the Houston Astros 
    • Chess.com in its high-profile defamation and antitrust suit regarding cheating allegations
    • Private equity firms in their acquisitions of film, television and music catalogs
    • Various production companies in connection with their production credit facilities

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2020
    • BA in Economics, Barnard College, 2015

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