Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Corporate; Entertainment, Technology and Advertising

Linda Michaelson is Practice Group Leader of Sheppard Mullin’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Linda spent two years in the firm’s London office, from 2011-2013, and is based in the firm’s Century City office.

Linda's practice focuses on the representation of companies involved in corporate transactions primarily in the entertainment and digital media, technology, fashion and apparel, renewable energy, and healthcare industries. Linda represents major motion picture studios, television networks, independent production companies, digital media companies, investors and other institutional entertainment, media and convergence clients in strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and other corporate finance transactions around the world.

Linda represents public and private companies in a variety of corporate transactions including formation planning, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, public and private equity and debt offerings, corporate governance, executive employment and compensation structures, and relationships among shareholders, among other general corporate matters. Linda's clients range from individuals and privately held companies to publicly-traded corporations.

Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Bet Tzedek, a pro bono legal services organization (2011-present)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Transactional Law and Practice at Emory University School of Law (2018- present)

Member of the Diversity Committee of Sheppard Mullin (2007-2018); Member of the Century City Office Diversity Committee (2019-present)

Member of the Compensation Committee of Sheppard Mullin (2006-2013)

J.D., Emory University, 1990, member and Articles Editor of the Emory University Law Review

B.A., Ursinus College, 1987, summa cum laude