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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYSeasoned and dedicated senior business and legal affairs executive with demonstrated proficiency in delivering exceptional results under demanding circumstances. In addition to providing sound and effective business and legal advice, experience furnishing high-level strategic thinking with an emphasis on finding the most efficient, practical and profitable results. Proven ability to negotiate with representatives at all levels of the industry by establishing productive relationships, while utilizing a firm, but fair and reasonable approach to deal-making. EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS• Serve as lead in-house business and legal affairs executive on development, production, distribution and financing matters across film, TV, audio and other media with responsibility for steering a project from inception through distribution and beyond, often in various territories throughout the world. • Negotiate and draft a wide range of agreements, including rights acquisitions and writer agreements, A-list talent agreements, “first look” / overall deals, development agreements, production services and co-production / co-financing agreements, distribution and licensing deals, merchandising initiatives and strategic partnerships.• Exercise leadership within team of C-suite executives and outside counsel in closing revolving credit facilities, single picture loans, co-financing deals and other financing structures for feature films and TV projects.• Work with executive teams to develop, plan and execute company-wide strategic initiatives that reside outside of the customary industry models with a view toward leveraging key internal resources to expand the reach of the company. • Formulate sophisticated backend models and policies for burgeoning companies. • Manage and develop business and legal affairs team, and supervise outside experts in tax, litigation, insurance, employment, IP, real estate and corporate fields, with an emphasis on maximizing resources.• Provide analysis on complicated rights, copyright, rights of privacy/publicity, and other chain of title matters, and oversee management of library properties.• Operate as key business affairs executive at leading film festivals and markets.• Closed complex SINO/US film co-production deal with Chinese National partners. • Ran point on all aspects of major series distributed on a leading streaming platform, which was produced in multiple territories and financed with state-backed investments and subsidies.SPECIALTIES: Entertainment (Motion Picture, Television, Podcasts, Games, New Media)

Listed skills include Television, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, New Media, and 12 others.