Convergence between old and new media and between those who make and deliver content has remade the media and publishing industry. High profile, industry-shaping matters call for cutting-edge advice on the complex strategic transactions currently taking place in the media industry. Weil’s experience encompasses all areas of global media, publishing and telecommunications law in matters of industry-wide significance across the lines of legal disciplines in the Corporate, Litigation/Regulatory and Business Finance & Restructuring practice areas.

The firm represents conglomerates and businesses engaged in radio, television, publishing, motion pictures, sports, satellite, cable, telecommunications, video and Internet-based businesses, as well as private equity firms, venture capital firms and investment banks with an interest in the industry.

There is a wide consensus that the media practice group’s reputation is among the most outstanding of any comparable law firm. Lawyers at Weil have experience working with media companies in transactions as diverse as IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, intellectual property licensing and counseling, royalty, patent and trademark litigation, and restructurings. The firm has the most extensive intellectual property practice of any diversified international law firm, with more than 100 lawyers in 19 worldwide offices.

New technology has led the charge for the changes in the media industry. New broadcast mediums have fragmented traditional markets and as bandwidth improves, the internet is becoming a viable distribution channel for content. In Chambers USA, our clients have recognized our “world-class expertise in internet and digital media.” Our practice continues to grow in scale and scope, expanding to keep pace with technology and accompanying changes in the law.