Russell Smith
Founding Partner at SmithDehn LLP, CEO at Convergent Media, Head of Production at Divergent Pictures
- Role
- Founding Partner at Smithdehn Llp
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Russell Smith
CEO of film/TV financing and production company Convergent Media, Head of Production at…
Experience
Founding Partner
Apr 2008 — Present
SmithDehn LLP has been outside counsel to nearly all of the major Hollywood film studios, most of the major US broadcast television networks, and all of the major UK television networks, as well as Netflix, Amazon Studios, and The Ford Foundation. Our legal professionals are strategically located and cover six time zones across the globe, in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London, Washington DC, Derry Northern Ireland, Mysore India, and Asheville North Carolina. We have over 600 film, television and other media clients on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific. SmithDehn LLP is an international law firm that delivers top-tier service, while meeting the needs and budgets of companies and individuals in ways that few large firms can. We also are the only media and entertainment law firm that provides both US and UK legal services. We handle contract drafting, deal making, content/compliance solutions, and trademark/copyright services in both the US and the UK. In addition, we handle IP and other litigation matters across the US, and litigation support services in the UK. Our attorneys and business affairs professionals include expert practitioners who have come from the top of the legal and business affairs departments of Netflix, HBO, Discovery, the BBC, 20th Century Fox, Magnolia Pictures, HDNet Films, and ITV. We also produce, finance, and sell film and television projects, through our joint venture, Convergent Media, and through another affiliate company, Divergent Pictures.
Education
Columbia Law School
JD, Law
1982 — 1985
Skills
- Legal Assistance
- Copyright Law
- Television Financing
- Dispute Resolution
- Legal Research
- Film Production
- Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Trademarks
- Entertainment Law
- Film Finance
- Legal Advice
- Television Studio Production
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Licensing
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