Century City

Meeting the demands of today’s globally integrated entertainment and sports industries

Century City is the business epicenter of Los Angeles’ entertainment industry. Latham’s lawyers — who are routinely cited in Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and major legal publications — have amassed in-depth industry knowledge to help companies transform the way they conduct business. Latham, a full-service firm, counsels companies in the entertainment, sports and media sectors on a full spectrum of legal and business issues, including:

• Acquisitions, investments, dispositions, joint ventures and mergers related to international entertainment and media companies as well as sports teams and leagues
• Complex digital media and technology agreements
• Content licensing, production, acquisition and distribution deals
• Disputes, claims and government actions related to parties ranging from individual talent to multi-national companies
• Negotiations with and on behalf of sports teams, leagues, and international sporting events
• Multi-party real estate, project siting and finance matters
• Television, radio, and new media transactions

Latham & Watkins has long championed pro bono work, providing millions of dollars in pro bono legal services and raising significant funding for non-profits in communities across the globe each year. The firm has achieved victories in pro bono matters that run the gamut from children’s rights advocacy and land use to asylum and civil rights protection.

Among the firm's more recent pro bono projects, a team of lawyers from Los Angeles helped lead an effort to obtain pensions for Holocaust survivors who worked in German-controlled ghettos during World War II.

One of our partners is on the Board of LA’s Promise, a non-profit organization transforming under-served communities by preparing every child in one South Los Angeles neighborhood to graduate high school ready for success in college and in their careers.

Many of our partners are members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the LA Sports Council and Sports Lawyers Association.