Variety Spotlights Latham’s Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Team in Dealmakers Impact Report 2022
Seven partners honored for their industry-leading transactional work.
Lisbeth (Libby) Savill is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of the firm's Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Group.
Ms. Savill has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the film and television industries for many years, and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to her practice to help clients navigate the ever-changing landscape in this area. She represents a wide range of entities across the media and entertainment sectors including film and television producers and distributors (including major studios), broadcasters, platforms and digital-first companies, and financiers (debt and equity) and investment funds. Her work includes:
She is also actively involved in issues important to the entertainment sector. For example, she served as the deputy chair of the British Film Institute from 2011 to 2019, and as a board member of Film London 2003 – 2010, and was a member of the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film in 2019. She was an invited member of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs experts’ panel regarding the creation and implementation of UK creative sector tax reliefs, which reliefs are key to the continued growth of the creative industries in the UK. She now sits on the Board of the Southbank Centre. Ms. Savill was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours List for services to film and television.
Ms. Savill has extensive expertise across the media and entertainment sector. A sample of Ms. Savill’s more recent experience includes representing:
Seven partners honored for their industry-leading transactional work.
Ten partners honored for their industry-leading legal work, and retired partner Joe Calabrese celebrated for his career accomplishments.
Joe Calabrese, the recently retired Global Chair of Latham’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice, discusses the strength of the Latham platform and the transition of the ESM practice to the next generation, including new ESM Co-Chairs Ken Deutsch and Adam Sullins.