Media & Entertainment

As new technology and billions of dollars in investment revolutionize the media and entertainment industry, we're proud to maintain our decades-long position of leadership. That's why Law360 honored us with its Practice Group of the Year recognition six times and why The Hollywood Reporter singled us out for our "outsize influence on media at a particularly critical moment." Best Lawyers has named us Law Firm of the Year in areas such as media, entertainment, copyright, and First Amendment for ten years straight. We combine decades of experience in traditional media with a sophisticated grasp of the ever-changing digital landscape, helping established and emerging clients alike develop, acquire, protect, distribute, and monetize content across all platforms.

A market-leading, multidisciplinary team
The legal terrain in which media and entertainment companies operate today has been shaped with significant influence from Davis Wright Tremaine. Our lawyers have played a central role in many of the most important, precedent-setting cases affecting rights of free expression, content ownership, access to public records, and other vital issues. This groundbreaking work continues today in trial and appellate courts around the country.

Our wide multidisciplinary expertise also supports clients behind the scenes. As first-call lawyers in pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, we have helped some of the most trailblazing content of recent decades reach its audience. As creative dealmakers, we have helped bring novel sources of financing to entertainment projects. Across the cycle of content, our broad perspective and experienced eye helps us ensure that issues are spotted before they become problems, risks are properly assessed, and clients are positioned to maximize success.

Leading-edge insight for leading companies
At a time of ongoing disruption, our passion for supporting the interests of our clients keeps us trained on issues that affect their core business, including the novel challenges arising from new technologies. From licensing questions created by artificial intelligence to intellectual property issues in blockchain, to the new esports ecosystem, we are proud to be building a fresh legacy of helping media and entertainment companies of all stripes forge new paths.