LOS ANGELES – Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a national law firm, announced today that prominent entertainment attorney, Carolyn Hunt, will join the firm as partner. Known as a savvy dealmaker, Hunt has deep experience representing clients in entertainment-related transactions, with an emphasis on film and television finance and distribution.
Having been involved in more than $2 billion in financing for hundreds of film, television and gaming projects, including many award-winning films, Hunt recently represented the financiers of the first major feature film to premiere on the world’s leading Internet TV network and in select IMAX theaters globally on the same day. She also worked on behalf of the financier of the largest Chinese language film ever shot in Los Angeles. Hunt comes to the firm from Loeb & Loeb LLP.
“Barnes & Thornburg has experience in virtually all the legal practice areas required to do business in today’s global marketplace,” Hunt said. “I look forward to working with my new partners and marrying my expertise with theirs to efficiently deliver the highest level advisory service and solutions to our clients.”
Hunt joins the Corporate Department and Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice Group in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
“The addition of Carolyn adds to the strength of the firm’s growing Entertainment, Media and Sports Practice Group,” said Jason Karlov, chair of that practice group. “Coupled with other recent team additions, her experience continues to enhance our capabilities both regionally and nationally to achieve our goal of providing creative, high-quality legal work to our clients.”
“Carolyn brings a wealth of experience that will benefit our clients as they pursue film and other media finance transactions,” said David Allen, managing partner of Barnes & Thornburg’s Los Angeles office.
About the Attorney
Carolyn Hunt, partner, focuses on media finance and entertainment transactional matters, with an emphasis on motion picture and television transactions. She represents domestic and international financial institutions, funds, high net worth individuals and media and entertainment companies in virtually all aspects of their corporate, intellectual property and entertainment-related transactions and issues. Hunt routinely counsels clients on legal and business aspects of entertainment financing transactions, including single-project financing transactions, capital raises, slate transactions, lines of credit, co-productions and domestic and foreign incentivized financing structures.
Hunt earned her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. She has served for several years as a board member of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art “Contemporaries” and the Hammer Museum’s Kids Art Museum Project and is actively involved with the board of governors of Cedars Sinai and the Independent School Alliance. She resides in Beverly Hills, California, with her husband, Gregory Trattner, and their son.
With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from 12 offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter at @BTLawNews.