Entertainment, Sports & Media

Chambers USA (2026)

Legal 500 USA (2026)

Legal 500 USA (2026)

Create Music Group, a leading music distribution, rights management and music publishing company, in its:
– $300 million+ investment into leading global independent record label Nettwerk Music Group, giving Create a controlling position in Nettwerk’s music IP portfolio.
– Strategic acquisition of the catalog of electronic music artist and producer Deadmau5 and his label Mau5trap — a more than $55 million deal that includes the sound recording and publishing copyrights of more than 4,000 songs.

Leading talent agency Creative Artists Agency as the plaintiff in an unfair-competition suit against Range Media Partners where CAA alleges that Range unlawfully competes as an unlicensed talent agency and gained an unfair competitive advantage by stealing confidential information and poaching clients and employees from CAA.

Formula One on commercial and business arrangements relating to the hosting of the Miami Grand Prix.

Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), the world’s largest YouTube creator, in various matters, including defending him against a more than $200 million claim in a highly publicized lawsuit brought by the former principals of Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe alleging that he breached the parties’ endorsement and joint venture agreements to promote a virtual restaurant chain known as MrBeast Burger.

Actor and filmmaker Jon Favreau and his various corporate entities across entertainment projects, real estate, employment, trademark management and other practice areas.

Production company Gulfstream Pictures in connection with its financing and distribution deals with Amazon for its 2026 major independent feature film "Pretty Lethal," starring award-winning actor Uma Thurman.

Several deals for leading talent, music and entertainment creators such as Lady Gaga, Ryan Murphy, MrBeast, Christopher Storer, David Bowie (Estate), Katy Perry, Marcus Mumford, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift.

Liberty Mutual Insurance as equity investor with Northleaf Capital Partners in a special purpose equity managed by music rights investment firm GoldState, for the purpose of acquiring music royalty assets. GoldState’s $500 million raise marks the private equity world’s latest big vote of confidence in music rights.

The Los Angeles Dodgers on development, zoning and entitlement matters in connection with Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

New York City Football Club in the development of Etihad Park, including a 49-year ground lease with New York City, a $425 million construction loan, a strategic equity investment and related site agreements.

Music publishing company Primary Wave on some of its largest and most complex music debt and asset transactions.

Independent entertainment studio Relativity Media in its strategic financing transaction with Content Partners Capital to provide an increased capital base for Relativity to acquire new films for theatrical distribution and expand its film and television library.

Too Lost Music, a music technology and services platform supporting independent artists and record labels, on a strategic investment led by music investment firm GoldState Music and TA Associates, a leading global investment firm, in conjunction with a senior credit facility from Pinnacle Financial Partners.

VICE Media Group in its distribution agreement with ITV Studios in which ITV will add nearly 2,000 hours of VICE content to its 90,000+ hour catalog, and in connection with Vice’s multimillion-dollar credit facility with Western Alliance Bank to provide capital for new film and television content to be produced by VICE Studios.

Vine Alternative Investments, a specialized asset manager focused on investment opportunities in media and entertainment, in connection with its sale of their diverse portfolio comprised of more than 550 feature films, over 2,000 hours of television programming and 450-plus songs to media and entertainment investment firm Shamrock Capital.

Private investment platform and its affiliated vehicles, which served as a provider of hybrid capital in connection with the acquisition of The Weeknd’s music catalog, including both publishing and recorded music assets.

William Morris Endeavor (WME), one of Hollywood’s longest-running talent agencies, in connection with the nearly two-year-long dispute between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.