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Anastasia Alen negotiates high-priority deals and transactions while providing strategic guidance for both media and entertainment companies as well as producers across critical stages of engagement and content creation. Anastasia leverages her unique combination of first-hand experience working for leading global entertainment companies and premier talent agencies to provide comprehensive business and legal counsel to clients. Her specialized knowledge enables Anastasia to anticipate issues and protect the legal, business, and creative interests of her clients, maximizing opportunities and advancing their goals.
Prior to joining DWT, Anastasia was a senior business affairs executive with William Morris Endeavor where she serviced the agency's multi-hyphenate and international clients including intellectual property rights holders, producers, writers, directors, and on-camera talent by structuring and leading the negotiation and closing process of high-profile deals. Additionally, her breadth of business affairs and legal experience in the entertainment industry includes serving as in-house counsel for Sony Pictures Entertainment. While at Sony, Anastasia worked on development and production legal transactions for the studio's theatrical motion picture divisions including Columbia Pictures, and as point production attorney for Screen Gems.
Prior to joining DWT, Anastasia was a senior business affairs executive with William Morris Endeavor where she serviced the agency's multi-hyphenate and international clients including intellectual property rights holders, producers, writers, directors, and on-camera talent by structuring and leading the negotiation and closing process of high-profile deals. Additionally, her breadth of business affairs and legal experience in the entertainment industry includes serving as in-house counsel for Sony Pictures Entertainment. While at Sony, Anastasia worked on development and production legal transactions for the studio's theatrical motion picture divisions including Columbia Pictures, and as point production attorney for Screen Gems.
Practice Highlights
Media content creation
Handles all legal facets and transactions pertaining to finance, development, production, and distribution of content within different budget levels crossing over between traditional and digital media.
Talent negotiation
Negotiates and finalizes above-the-line and below-the-line talent deals and agreements in connection with audiovisual projects, endorsements, branding/licensing, personal appearance, and other entertainment and media industry ventures.
Education
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J.D., Entertainment and New Media Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2013
- First Honors Award
- President, Entertainment & Sports Law Society
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B.A., Communication, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, 2010, magna cum laude
- Dean's List
- Dean's Advisory Council
- Order of Omega
Languages
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Russian
Memberships & Affiliations
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- HollywoodWEST (Women Executives Stronger Together), 2018-present
- Community Leadership Institute, 2017-present
- Beverly Hills Bar Association, 2013-present
Background
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- Senior Business Affairs Executive and Vice President, 2021; Senior Business Affairs Executive, 2019-2021; Business Affairs Executive, 2018-2019 – William Morris Endeavor, Beverly Hills, Calif.
- Counsel, Legal Affairs, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, Calif., 2016-2018
- Business Affairs Associate, United Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, Calif., 2014-2016
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