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 domestic and international content studios, diversified media companies, music labels, publishers and investors, production and distribution houses, 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 key sports industry stakeholders including team owners and investors, players associations and governing bodies, as well as financial institutions, 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:
Gabe Fleet, Andy Gass, Alli Stillman, and Joe Wetzel recognized among the music industry’s leading dealmakers and litigators.
Chris Yates named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of legal leaders who have made a significant impact in California.
For achieving a trial hat trick together with Latham’s unmatched trial teams, partner Chris Yates earned a spot on the Top 100 list, which annually celebrates California’s leading attorneys who have made a significant impact through their legal work, professional leadership, and contributions to the broader community.