DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Tom Ara and Benjamin Mulcahy have been named to Variety’s 2025 Legal Impact Report highlighting the top attorneys in the entertainment business.
Variety noted that Ara, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Media, Sport and Entertainment Sector, handled numerous significant recent transactions, including the sale of Caryn Mandabach Productions to Banijay UK, the renewal of animation studio Titmouse’s eight-figure production and first-look deal with Netflix, and Korean streaming service Coupang Play’s acquisition of rights to English Premier League and FA Cup soccer.In its profile of Mulcahy, Chair of the firm’s National Advertising Team, Variety highlighted his representation of Amazon Prime Video in a $21 billion global media rights deal with the National Basketball Association for an exclusive package of NBA games, as well as his role leading the team handling TCL Technologies’ deal with the International Olympic Committee to become one of 12 sponsors in the Olympic Partners (TOP) program.
DLA Piper's market-leading international team of media, sport and entertainment lawyers, located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, advise on finance, borrowing, investment, M&A and corporate matters as well as development, production and distribution matters across media sectors, including film, TV, music, interactive and new media, staging and exploiting live sports and other events, intellectual property protection and enforcement, regulatory and administrative issues, antitrust and competition law, stadium and arena development and on the resolution of disputes.
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