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Cheryl Wei

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T 213.633.8687 Los Angeles
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Cheryl Wei is a versatile entertainment attorney, working in multiple areas of the media and entertainment industry, including film, television, digital content, podcasting, commercials, live events, and video games.

She is a trusted adviser to studios, production companies, networks, streamers, financiers and other clients in the entertainment, media, technology, and nonprofit industries, who rely on her to guide and advocate for them in all stages of entertainment transactions.

Cheryl's practice includes structuring, drafting, negotiating and advising on entertainment agreements, including development, production, financing, acquisitions, licensing, and distribution (e.g., option/purchase agreements, first look and overall agreements, shopping agreements, production services agreements, co-production agreements, talent agreements, loan and investment agreements, co-financing agreements, license agreements, and distribution agreements). She regularly handles development and production legal services, including the day-to-day management of productions for scripted, unscripted, live-action and animated projects. She also provides pre-broadcast counseling to her clients.

Cheryl is a co-founder and co-chair of Project W's "RiseTogether" initiative, which supports the elevation of women in business and legal affairs in the media and entertainment industry. She currently serves on the hiring committee for DWT's Los Angeles office and the MEPTA practice group DEI committee.

Admitted to Practice

  • California, 2011

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law, 2011
    • Order of the Coif
    • Editor, Law Review
  • B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2007, with honors

Memberships & Affiliations

    • Board of Directors, Center for Asian America Media, 2024-present
    • Television Academy
    • Beverly Hills Bar Association
    • Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County
    • Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance
    • National Association of Women Lawyers
    • Women Lawyers Association of LA
    • Media Law Resource Center, Media Deals Committee
    • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
    • Gold House

Professional Recognition

    • Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Entertainment and Sports Law, 2021-2025; in Intellectual Property Law, 2022-2025
    • Named as one of "500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers" by Lawdragon, 2025
    • Selected to "Hollywood's New Leaders of 2024" by Variety, 2024
    • Selected to "Top 40 Lawyers Under 40" in California, by Daily Journal, 2024
    • Selected to "Southern California Rising Stars" in Entertainment & Sports, Thomson Reuters, 2018, 2020

Background

    • Associate, Holland & Knight LLP, San Francisco, 2011-2016
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