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New counsel for Reed Smith in Century City

By Richard Binder

Reed Smith has announced the addition of interactive entertainment lawyer Patrick Sweeney as counsel in its Corporate and Securities Group.  He will be based in the Century City office.

Previously, Sweeney was counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP, where he worked with the firm?s interactive entertainment and new media team. Prior to that, he served as general counsel for Brash Entertainment LLC, a video game publisher devoted to the production and distribution of properties based on major motion picture licenses. While at Brash, Mr. Sweeney negotiated approximately 30 license agreements with major motion picture studios, supported Brash?s $400 million investment, and negotiated a varied array of game development agreements, technology licenses and various supplemental agreements in regard to ancillary rights opportunities.

Prior to joining Brash, Mr. Sweeney was counsel at Haight, Brown and Bonesteel LLP, where he headed the firm?s multimedia practice group. He also served as senior corporate counsel at Vivendi Universal Games, a leading worldwide videogame/computer software publisher, as well as at Paramount Pictures Television Group. Mr. Sweeney earned a J.D. degree from Whittier Law School in Los Angeles and a B.S. from Vanderbilt University.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).