Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Transactional Entertainment, Technology and Advertising

Shaun Clark is a partner in the firm's internationally acclaimed Transactional Entertainment, Technology and Advertising Practice Group, which was recently ranked in the top tier by both Chambers USA and the Legal 500 U.S. He resides in the firm's Century City office.

Shaun represents studios, major brands, independent producers, advertising agencies, and other entertainment and advertising-related entities in the acquisition of intellectual property rights and the development, finance, production, distribution, and exploitation of entertainment and branded content and related live events, merchandising, social media, and online and field marketing promotional campaigns. Shaun enjoys practicing at the intersection of content, branding, celebrity and technology. In recent years, he has worked with some of the top players in virtual reality and the podcast business.

Shaun also counsels brands and individuals on brand development and the negotiation of sponsorship, product placement, licensing and celebrity endorsement agreements.

Shaun has represented numerous institutional clients in their capacity as lenders, guarantors, and borrowers, in the negotiation and documentation of complex financing deals and intercreditor relationships, and in negotiations with assignees for the benefit of creditors and trustees.

He also has drafted and negotiated numerous shopping, co-development and co-production agreements for episodic television and motion pictures, and collection account and custodial agreements in connection with the administration of proceeds from multiple sources.

Shaun also represents investors, sellers and purchasers of entertainment and media companies, content libraries, brands, assets, and entertainment properties.

Shaun represents or has represented such companies as Ogilvy & Mather, Snapchat, Playboy Enterprises, Bethenny Frankel, Skinnygirl Margaritas, Oculus, Spotify, Vice Media, TeamTo, Turner Entertainment Networks, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Hard Rock Casinos, Fashion Nova, CISCO, Focus Features, WPT Enterprises (World Poker Tour), Commerzleasing, Bunim-Murray Productions, Nespresso, Rainforest Films, Bridget Marquardt, Kolberg Kravis Roberts & Co., 23andMe, Kendra Wilkinson, Technicolor, Rare Beauty, Chrysler, EW Media, Alta Loma Entertainment, Activision/Blizzard, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lions Gate Entertainment, Twitch, Kilburn Media, Lenovo, Exxon Mobil, XPLR Productions, Morgan Stanley, Furlined, Paramount International Television, Vince Neil, dick clark productions, United Artists, Hilary Duff, The Walt Disney Company, Hugh M. Hefner, WEVR,  Red Bull Media House, Match.com/Tinder, The Tetris Company, JWT, BH Cosmetics,  Association of Independent Commercial Producers, PopFilms, Children of the Night (non-profit), and Yahoo!.

J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1996

B.B.A., University of Texas at Arlington, 1992