Our lawyers regularly handle some of the highest-profile transactions in the media, entertainment, communications and technology sectors. We have closed first-in-class deals in the acquisition of television production companies, and represent investors in financing arrangements for advertising, television production and content distribution on YouTube and other alternative platforms. We provide strategic counseling to traditional media companies in developing their digital and emerging media strategies, bringing streaming services to market, representing talent in groundbreaking deals with Netflix, and restructuring communications and media companies across multiple jurisdictions.
Over decades of work, our lawyers have handled a number of high-profile deals in the media, communications, technology and financial sectors. We represent acquirers, targets and investors in multibillion-dollar and middle-market transactions, focusing on domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and restructuring and reorganizations. Our team also guides clients through acquisitions and dispositions of television production and new media companies, alternative viewing platforms and technology companies.
McGuireWoods’ nationally recognized syndicated finance team represents lenders, investors and borrowers in a variety of financing transactions. We have a long history representing financial institutions in providing credit to companies of all sizes and credit profiles — from established, investment-grade companies to leveraged and early-stage businesses.
Our team has particular experience handling financings on behalf of broadcasters, publishers of new and traditional media, AM/FM radio cable services providers, developers of Internet content, delivery services and interactive gaming, and other diversified entertainment enterprises.
McGuireWoods litigators have represented media companies — newspapers, television stations, radio stations, magazines, book publishers and, more recently, publishers of online content and hosts of social media sites — in the full scope of legal issues relating to their businesses.
We counsel our media clients and represent them in court on the full range of issues they face, including pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, defamation and privacy claims, access to state and federal courts and court records, resisting subpoenas and search warrants, prior restraints against publication and gag orders on trial participants, access to public records under state statutes and the federal Freedom of Information Act, right of publicity, and print, broadcast and Internet-related advertising issues.
The experienced lawyers of McGuireWoods’ national intellectual property practice help clients develop, protect and exploit commercially valuable ideas and information, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. As the use of social media as a business tool continues to grow, we also advise clients on advertising and sweepstakes, website audits and content review, data privacy, and licensing issues for entertainment products and services.
Our lawyers have practiced before various federal trial and appellate courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels, the Copyright Royalty Board and state courts.
Members of our nationally recognized private wealth services team regularly represent artists and producers in the entertainment industry. Our experience includes counseling in all facets of personal and business planning, including representation in recording and producing contracts with major labels, publishing rights and privacy issues.
McGuireWoods has served sports industry clients for over 30 years, and as the industry has grown into a complex, multinational business spanning a wide range of new and emerging platforms, we’ve been there every step of the way. We have four major areas of expertise in sports law, including landmark major league financing deals, major league sports marketing deals, major endorsement and player deals, and sports industry mergers and acquisitions.
In today’s digital age, it has never been more important to have attorneys well-versed in the top issues affecting the industry. Our team marries industry-specific technical depth with the inherent legal needs of doing business in a global marketplace, including transactional matters, litigation, IP creation and protection, data privacy and security, and regulatory issues.
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