Carly Trainor

Carly Trainor is an associate in the firm’s entertainment and corporate departments. She represents artists, companies, investors and executives in transactions throughout all stages of the business lifecycle (including joint ventures, commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, equity financings and M&A). She also counsels companies on general corporate matters, such as entity formation and governance, equity incentive programs and engaging and terminating executives and other service providers.

Prior to joining the firm, Carly practiced for many years with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Entertainment & Media transactional practice group. Carly began her career at Venable LLP and moved with her Venable team to open Willkie’s Los Angeles office in 2021.

While most of Carly’s clients’ deals are confidential, Carly’s publicly reported experience* includes her serving as the sole or primary associate in her firm’s representation of:

• Create Music Group, a music technology company, in its acquisition of Monstercat, a Canadian electronic music record label
• Ryan Reynolds in his brand ambassador deal with Mint Mobile, an MVNO
• Content Partners, an entertainment investment company, in its acquisition of film and television content and profit participations therein
• Jeremy Renner in his brand ambassador deal with Sweet Grass Vodka
• REP 1 Football, an NFL player agency, in its sale to Excel Sports Management
• Shamrock Capital, an entertainment investment company, in its investment in Boardwalk Pictures, a production company

*Prior to joining KHPS.

In her spare time, Carly loves to run, surf and (poorly) play guitar.