Proven Leaders In Entertainment Law
King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP, is a leading entertainment law firm serving clients nationwide from offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our attorneys provide personal, attentive service to the entertainment and creative industries, recording artists, managers, songwriters, music publishers, record companies, producers, executives, and creators in film, television, book publishing, and other creative fields.
Our extensive corporate practice gives us the ability to provide a broader service platform to our entertainment clients. We form and structure partnerships and other entities utilized by our entertainment clients, including their media, music publishing, film, professional relationships and performance activities and related ventures, as well as private investments. Our capabilities include a full range of entity finance and development services to these clients, including catalog and other acquisitions and debt and equity financing for their entertainment and outside activities.
As with all of our firm’s departments, many of the entertainment lawyers have business backgrounds in the areas in which we now practice, including Peter Paterno, who was the first president of Hollywood Records, and many of our other lawyers who spent years working for record labels, movie and television studios, and music publishers.
In all areas of our practice, we strive to understand the business of our clients as well as they do, so that we can make sure our legal advice is consistent with and supports the latest business trends and practices.
We Understand And Appreciate Artists
From its very inception, our law firm has been artist-friendly. We provide experienced counsel and advocacy to a broad range of artists in the music industry, film and television, and other creative fields. We are not beholden to any label, publisher or studio. They know and respect that.
We know what it takes to make it in the entertainment industry. We are here to provide you with the legal representation you need to make the right decisions, protect your creative works, prevail in legal disputes and thrive in this competitive field.