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01.17.23

Manatt Advises Client in Financing of Michael Mann’s Upcoming Film, Ferrari

A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Sophia Yen successfully represented Storyteller Productions Limited and MS Participations S.A. in their financing of Michael Mann’s next big movie, Ferrari, starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz.


01.17.23

Manatt Advises Client in Financing of Kate Winslet’s Upcoming Film, Lee

A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Sophia Yen successfully represented MS Participations S.A. in its financing of Kate Winslet’s new movie, Lee, starring Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor and more.


01.17.23

Manatt Represents FilmRise in Upsizing Working Capital Facility

A Manatt team led by Entertainment Partner Sophia Yen successfully represented FilmRise, one of the largest independently owned AVOD streaming networks, in two transactions totaling over nine figures.


01.17.23

Manatt Secures Pro Bono Victory in Domestic Violence Parenting and Support Case

Manatt Appellate Partner Joanna McCallum and Health Care Litigation Partner Jessamyn Vedro represented C., a Washington parent, in the successful appeal of a Parenting Plan entered by the court. The Parenting Plan would have awarded joint decision-making over C.’s child with a co-parent, who ...


01.17.23

Bernstein and Carrington Named to City & State’s 2023 Health Care Power 100

Manatt Health Leader Bill Bernstein and Managing Director Eboné Carrington were named to City & State New York’s 2023 Health Care Power 100 list, which honors decision-makers in the medical world in New York. In their joint profile, Bernstein was noted for leading Manatt Health as ...


01.13.23

Manatt Represents Digital Brands Group, Inc., in Acquisition of Clothing Brand Sundry

Manatt’s Capital Markets team represented Digital Brands Group, Inc. (DBG), a curated collection of luxury-lifestyle, digital-first brands, in connection with its acquisition of Sunnyside, LLC, otherwise known as the popular brand of women’s clothing “Sundry.”


01.10.23

Lipson Quoted in New England Psychologist on Massachusetts Behavioral Health Workforce Report

Manatt Health Director Mindy Lipson was quoted in a New England Psychologist article featuring the Firm and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation’s recent report, “Creating a Robust, Diverse, and Resilient Behavioral Health Workforce in Massachusetts,” in which she ...


01.09.23

Manatt Enhances Government and Regulatory Team With Arrival of Leading New York State Strategist

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, today announced the arrival of Government and Regulatory Partner Cassie M. Prugh in Albany. With nearly two decades of experience serving as a trusted figure within the New York State legislative, ...


01.05.23

Manatt Continues Expanding Intellectual Property Capabilities With East Coast Arrival

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is pleased to welcome Intellectual Property Protection & Enforcement Counsel Sherli Furst in New York. Furst is the latest addition to the Firm’s expanding national Digital & Technology practice, and her extensive experience counseling clients on a ...


01.04.23

Manatt Represents A.G.P. in Closings of Stock Offering and Merger of Larkspur Health with ZyVersa

Capital Markets Partners Katherine Blair and Thomas Poletti with support from Associate Danli Lan represented Alliance Global Partner with a $10 million convertible preferred stock offering in Larkspur Health Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.