LAWYER PROFILE

Rick Offsay

USA 2026

Latham & Watkins LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Media & Entertainment: Transactional

California

5 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Rick Offsay, Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice, provides strategic advice to clients on a full spectrum of complex transactions across the entertainment, sports, and media industries.

Rick combines sophisticated industry knowledge with a deep understanding of the businesses of both investors and strategics to help clients navigate:

- Mergers and acquisitions

- Strategic joint ventures and capital raises

- Financing transactions

- Complex commercial arrangements

He devises creative transaction structures to help clients maximize opportunities and deploy capital across geographies and in a wide range of industry sectors, including film, television, and other content production, financing, and distribution; sports; live events; music; and digital and interactive media.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Media & Entertainment: Transactional - California

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Rick Offsay is often sought out to advise media and entertainment companies on strategic corporate transactions, including transformative M&A deals. He is the global co-chair of the firm’s entertainment, sports and media practice.

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Strengths

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Rick is one of the top entertainment lawyers in the world. He is a brilliant strategist, adviser and deal-maker.
Media & Entertainment: TransactionalChambers Guide to the USA
Rick is extremely knowledgeable and commercial.
Media & Entertainment: TransactionalChambers Guide to the USA
Clients look to him to deliver best-in-class legal advice and support on critical transactions.
Media & Entertainment: TransactionalChambers Guide to the USA
Rick is super analytical in his work.
Media & Entertainment: TransactionalChambers Guide to the USA