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Banc of California as one of the Joint Lead Arrangers in Create Music Group’s (CMG) latest funding round, where CMG secured $450+ million of new equity and debt capital to support its continued expansion.

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.

Private capital division of Content Partners LLC, Content Capital Partners (CPC), in its $20 million financing transaction with Electric Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind “Leverage,” “The Librarians” and “The Ark.”

VICE Studios in connection with its multimillion-dollar credit facility with Western Alliance Bank to provide capital for new film and television content to be produced by VICE Studios.

Fox Entertainment in its acquisition of MarVista Entertainment, a leading independent producer of TV movies.

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc., in the minority investment made by Candle Media, the Blackstone backed venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs.

Comerica Bank in an amendment and restatement of its loan to Park County, the company holding the interests of Trey Parker and Matt Stone in South Park and Book of Mormon, among other assets.

MidCap Financial in a loan to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE), a publicly held entertainment production and distribution company. CSSE acquired the film and television assets of Sonar Entertainment, including an extensive film and television library of more than 1000+ titles. The company received a USD20 million secured credit facility, agented by MidCap Financial, the proceeds of which were used to fund part of the purchase price for the Sonar assets.

Truist Bank (formerly SunTrust Bank) as agent for itself and a consortium of syndicated lenders in the U.S. and Canada, in the recent receivership and administration proceedings in the U.K. and Canada involving Kew Media Group, including representing Truist Bank and the receiver in selling the rights to Kew Media Distribution’s library of 1,000 titles to Quiver Entertainment and in connection with Imagine Entertainment’s substantial investment and ownership stake in Jigsaw Productions, co-owned by Kew.

Vine Alternative Investments in multiple transactions, including in connection with the emergence from French safeguard proceedings of EuropaCorp S.A., one of the leading independent film studios in Europe, and with the acquisition of the 300-title Lakeshore Entertainment film and television library and Lakeshore International’s sales operations.

HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment) in its acquisition of Ithaca Holdings.

Bank of America, as agent for itself, and a consortium of syndicated lenders in the bankruptcy of Open Road Films and its sale in bankruptcy of its assets to an independent motion picture company.

Sight Unseen Pictures in respect to the financing of its motion picture Bad Education, starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney.

Forbes (2025)

Women in Business Law Americas Awards (2025)

The Legal 500 U.S. (2021-2025)

(2023, 2025)

The Hollywood Reporter (2023, 2025)

Lawdragon (2025)

Variety (2023)

The Hollywood Reporter

Daily Journal (2016; 2020)

, Euromoney Legal Media Group (2019)

, Thomson Reuters (2014–2019)

Best Lawyers (2015–2018)

The Hollywood Reporter (2016; 2018)

The Hollywood Reporter (2013–2015, Since 2017)

, Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report (Since 2014)

Legal Media Group (2014)

Variety’s Legal Impact Report (Since 2013)

(Since 2010)

Variety’s “Women’s Impact Report” (2009)

Women’s Image Network (2006)