Guiding you through an ever-evolving landscape
We advise on every aspect of sector activity. This includes staging live sports, music and other events, developing arenas and theme parks, and acquiring, developing, producing and distributing content in all media. We also act on the buying and selling of companies and assets, protecting and enforcing IP rights, regulatory compliance, and hosting, promoting, producing and distributing content. In addition, we advise on anti-piracy matters, mitigating and resolving disputes, and borrowing, lending, investing, raising finance, and dealing with other corporate issues.
Our team helps buy and sell media and entertainment companies – in film, TV, cable and radio – and sports-related consumer brands. We also handle the underlying details, such as IP transfers, competition, lease reviews and closures, and tax rulings.
Gaming operators and suppliers, national and international governing bodies, promoters, studios, networks and producers trust us to build and protect their intellectual property and brands and help grow their businesses. We also act for talent agencies, music companies, brands and brand agencies, video game and interactive publishers and developers.
“DLA Piper has a team that is experienced in traditional as well as emerging media and entertainment projects. Their ability to blend the old and new models keeps them ahead of the curve.”
In the sports field, we advise everyone from lenders and investors to sports leagues and stadium and club owners. Our advice covers project finance, leveraged finance, securities offerings and government-sponsored financings. Other areas include hosting and rights agreements and sports sponsorship agreements across every professional sport. We advise sport administrators, enforce rules and conduct inquiries and disciplinary actions.
In emerging industries such as esports, we advise on fund raising, investments, acquisitions and content initiatives. With the increasing presence of blockchain and the metaverse, we are well placed to advise businesses on legal and regulatory compliance. We answer your questions on securities laws, tax, regulatory, antitrust, copyright, data privacy and security, licensing and more.
Our lawyers are based throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. We act for national, regional and global companies. We also work with investment banks, financial advisors and their clients, protecting their interests in complex financings. Always on top of trends in business models, we've devised several of the structures new to the sector.
This experience makes us a market leader. Our understanding of the way the sector works makes all the difference. It keeps clients moving forward and onto their next stage of growth.
Experience
To find out how we have delivered for our clients, visit our Media and Entertainment and Sport pages.