Marissa Román Griffith
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Media & Entertainment: Transactional
Band 1
About
Provided by Marissa Román Griffith
Practice Areas
Marissa Román Griffith is a recognized leader in media finance and entertainment transactional matters. She handles sophisticated financings, asset acquisitions, distribution arrangements and other transactions involving storied entertainment companies, as well as recent entrants that are transforming the sector. Her clients include domestic and foreign lenders, borrowers, distributors, producers and others involved in various aspects of financing, distributing and producing film, television and digital content, including co-financing arrangements and credit facilities.
Career
Marissa is a leading entertainment lawyer who has been recognized by various industry directories and publications for many years, including The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Chambers USA, The Legal 500, Euromoney, Daily Journal, the Los Angeles Business Journal and The Los Angeles Times. In addition, Marissa was named as the 2019 Entertainment Lawyer of the Year by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television in Los Angeles by The Best Lawyers in America.
Personal
AB, Art History, Princeton University; JD, Stanford Law School.
Chambers Review
USA
Marissa Román Griffith handles impressive transactions at the intersection of banking and entertainment law, including negotiating sophisticated credit facilities and cofinancing agreements for the production of film and television content.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is detail-oriented and turns things around quickly."
"She is detail-oriented and turns things around quickly."
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