Variety Recognizes Nine Sheppard Mullin Entertainment Attorneys in 2025 Legal Impact Report
Nine Entertainment attorneys were named to Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2025, a prestigious list of the entertainment industry’s top dealmakers and litigators.
A team consisting of Partners Shaun Clark, Robb Klein and Aerin Snow and Special Counsel Genevieve Perez was recognized for handling notable entertainment transactions such as Toho Co.’s acquisition of a 25% stake in Fifth Season and QVC’s sponsorship and broadcast deal with USA Pickleball.
Partners Robert Darwell and Ramela Ohanian and Senior Associates Keith Kelly and Segun Aluko were noted for representing Amazon MGM Studios, Skydance Sports, Feld Entertainment and Gaumont France. Variety also highlighted the team’s representation of tech giant Meta in its Ray-Ban Meta glasses Super Bowl commercial starring Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth and Kris Jenner.
Partner Dan Schnapp was recognized for his expertise structuring agreements at the intersection of emerging technologies, entertainment and media. Variety highlighted one of his most recent landmark deals, which was advising NewsCorp in a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to bring certain News Corp content to OpenAI services.
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