Lindsay Conner of Manatt: Brokering some of the biggest deals in Hollywood and driving US-China film and business relations

Media CFO with Tobias Jaeger

English - May 15, 2019 06:00 - 56 minutes - 78.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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We sat down with Manatt partner Lindsay Conner, who has always been a bridge between capital, studios, and producers. Lindsay was instrumental in brokering, negotiating, and closing some of the most prolific US-China film deals in recent history as well as the first series deals on Netflix.

Lindsay Conner is a partner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where he is also co-chair of the firm’s media, entertainment, and digital practice. He studied at UCLA, Occidental College, and Harvard and since he got started more than 25 years ago Lindsay is a regular on all top attorney lists and rankings including the legal 500, chambers, best lawyers, and Variety. Besides his work in every day media transactions for production companies and studios, Lindsay negotiated one the largest US-China slate deals ever to the tune of a half a billion dollars.