GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - Global-wide
Alan N Braverman of The Walt Disney Company
Alan Braverman was appointed general counsel to The Walt Disney Company in 2003, transferring to the company after Disney merged with his previous employer Capital Cities/ABC in 1995. Over his long career with the company, he has watched Disney blossom into one of the world’s leading media and entertainment businesses in the digital age, with Braverman and the legal team demonstrating their well-honed transactional prowess in advising on 2009’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment for USD4.2 billion, the purchase of Lucasfilm for USD4 billion in 2012 and, most impressively, the USD71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox last year. Braverman is also responsible for the company’s wider legal affairs, including litigation, labour and employment law, commercial contracts and management of Disney’s veritable intellectual property gold mine, filled with much-loved Disney characters, scenes and storylines. Braverman also garners accolades for his commitment to diversity and inclusion efforts at the company, having received the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award for his role supporting the advancement of gender and ethnic minority lawyers within Disney’s legal department and for supporting scholarships and mentoring schemes for diverse lawyers.