C Anthony Mulrain

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Anthony "Tony" Mulrain is a corporate and intellectual property attorney in Holland & Knight's New York and Atlanta offices and the co-chair of the firm's Sports Law Practice as well as its Entertainment Law Practice. Mr. Mulrain has more than 20 years of experience with transactional matters and litigation within the sports and entertainment industries. He is a much sought-after resource for creatives, talent, production companies, studios, networks, executives, athletes, agencies, teams, leagues and companies within those industries.

Mr. Mulrain's work also includes representing actors, writers, producers and directors in the motion picture and television businesses in transactions with studios and production companies. He has advised creative professionals on agreements related to their work on a wide variety of television shows, motion pictures and podcasts. In addition to traditional entertainment representation, Mr. Mulrain's practice has evolved to encompass representing entertainment clients in a broad range of other business pursuits. He has also handled agreements for productions, copyright infringement actions, employment matters and other legal matters for production companies, studios, networks, video gaming companies and streaming companies.

After establishing himself as an entertainment attorney, Mr. Mulrain expanded his practice to include sports law. He has extensive experience advising and counseling professional athletes, sports agencies, teams, sports leagues, Olympic sport governing bodies and boxing promoters, as well as regularly representing players in the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), including seven players who have been the No. 1 overall pick in their respective drafts. His work for athletes also encompasses representing them in the agent selection process, player-agent fee disputes, traditional and equitized endorsement and image licensing agreements, marketing representation agreements, intellectual property portfolio management and civil litigation throughout the country. He is also called on to serve as general counsel to professional athletes, guiding them through a variety of sophisticated transactions, including the acquisition of an interest in television streaming networks, the purchase of national television affiliates, formation of marketing enterprises, structuring of wine companies and development of a number of esports teams. World champion prizefighters have also sought his counsel on business opportunities.

Mr. Mulrain also works with many of the nation's most prominent sports agencies to represent celebrity clients in highly sensitive matters, including pre-draft extortion cases and complex and contentious business disputes with apparel and protective gear companies. He also has counseled startup sports agencies on corporate and regulatory matters, and advised boxing promoters on television agreements and related matters for world championship boxing matches.

In addition to his work in the sports and entertainment sectors, Mr. Mulrain's business acumen and problem-solving abilities have made him a sought-after resource across many industries. As a result, he is a trusted adviser to a number of healthcare, life sciences and technology companies.

Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Mulrain was co-chair of the sports and entertainment practice for a large U.S. law firm in its New York office. In addition, he previously was founding and managing partner of the Atlanta office for a national law firm.