David C. Eisman

Practice Areas

David Eisman is global head of Skadden’s Entertainment Group and head of the LA Corporate Group. He is regarded as one of the leading Hollywood dealmakers in the entertainment industry and a “go to” lawyer for established and emerging companies on their most important transactions. Mr. Eisman advises industry clients across a wide range of deal types in the film, television, music, digital media and talent agency/manager segments. Representative clients include: United Talent Agency, AGBO Films, beIN Media Group, Miramax, Drake’s OVO Sound, Artist Partner Group, Athlete’s First, and Mythos Studios, among others.

Professional Memberships

Member, UCLA Entertainment Symposium Advisory Board; General Counsel Team, FBI National Citizens Academy Alumni Association

Personal

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1993; B.S., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1990; B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1990. FBI Los Angeles Citizens Academy (Class of 2018).

The Hollywood Reporter has repeatedly recognized Mr. Eisman as one of its Hollywood Power Lawyers (including in 2023, and previously in 2018 and 2020-22) and one of its Top 15 Music Attorneys of 2021, and has included him repeatedly on its Top Hollywood Dealmakers list. Variety also recognized Mr. Eisman in its 2021 Legal Impact Report and its 2022 and 2021 Dealmakers Impact Reports, which highlights top attorneys working in film, television and digital media. In 2022, he was named a Top 100 Lawyer by the Los Angeles Business Journal and one of the Top 50 Entertainment Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal. He also was previously named Entertainment Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal.