Sports and entertainment

Loeb assists long-time client Underwood in all aspects of the transaction including brand formation, commercial, IP and strategic partnership issues | 3w

Longtime PBS lawyer Jill Patrone replaces Katherine Lauderdale as the organisation’s legal chief | 2mos

Christina Chang and Carron Joan Mitchell join Barnes in Los Angeles and Farrah Usmani joins its Nashville location | 3mos

Usman Wahid, who co-founded AI legal platform VennSpace, will focus on fintech deals | 3mos

Simkins’ former senior partner represented A-list entertainers including the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner and David Bowie | 4mos

Incoming trio are New York-based Michael Kuh and Matthew Carpenter-Dennis and LA-based Eric Geffner | 4mos

Stocche Forbes lawyers Thiago Porto Ribeiro and Mateus Lino Ferreira analyse the legal and regulatory considerations of influencer marketing practices in Brazil’s luxury sector | 6mos

Bird & Bird lawyers Georgie Twigg MBE and Intisar Abdi outline key legal considerations for luxury brands seeking to sponsor women’s sport | 8mos

Three Points Law will use legal AI platform Legora and partner with Excello Law’s House of Brands to provide more “value-driven” offering | 10mos

Louisa Lynch joins Elias Hayek to co-chair GT’s Middle East and European hospitality group from Dubai | 11mos

Danielle Garno moves to sports and entertainment firm Daniel, Ebeling, Maccia & Cohen after 20 years in BigLaw | 1yr

Leif Cervantes de Reinstein is O’Melveny’s second entertainment law lateral partner hire this year | 1yr

Louise Pentland will replace Stephen Kay, who is retiring in November | 2yrs

Foster Garvey lawyers Kevin Frisch and Erika Johnson discuss insights from the recent SuperYacht Law Summit and other trends affecting the luxury yacht market | 2yrs

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Kroll, PlayOn! Sports, Imerys and APCO Holdings | 3yrs

Trio include Mintz’s sports law practice co-chairs Keith Carroll and Anthony Mulrain | 3yrs