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Sherman joins Reed Smith in Century City

By Richard Binder

Today Reed Smith announced the addition of Michael S. Sherman as a partner in its Corporate & Securities Group. He will be part of the Century City office.

Mr. Sherman was formerly chair of the Entertainment Industries Group at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was a partner at Greenberg Glusker from 1972 to 1987. His practice focuses on entertainment (motion pictures, television, music, publishing and videogames), media, licensing, and advertising, as well as copyright and trademark counseling.

His recent clients include a major independent production company in syndicated financings in excess of $500 million; institutional financiers of more than $1 billion of motion picture and television production; and the creators of some of the most successful television series produced.

Mr. Sherman is a 1970 graduate of Boalt Hall at the University of California Berkeley, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 19, 2010 (boomark / email).