Russ August & Kabat attorneys Christine Shin, Lauren Geisser, and Dor Cohen represented Knowable in its sale to Medium. Knowable is an audio-based learning platform with funding from Andreesen Horowitz, Upfront, First Round and Initialized. Medium is an online publishing platform developed by Evan Williams, former co-founder of Twitter. Medium was originally founded in order to allow online users to publish writings longer than Twitter’s 140 character maximum. Read article.
Russ August & Kabat congratulates Diana A. Sanders who was selected for inclusion in Variety‘s 2021 ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders’ list, which was published on November 10, 2021. The list profiles newly emerging executives and talent in the entertainment business. In 2021, the focus was on execs, entrepreneurs, and performers, 40 and under, who have solidified their positions in the industry and risen to prominence across film, TV, digital, music, finance, law, and content creation, during a period of disruption like no other. Click here to view Variety‘s 2021 ‘Hollywood’s New Leaders’ list.
Diana Sanders is a partner at Russ August & Kabat. Diana represents a variety of clients in the entertainment industry, including recording artists, writers, producers, managers, influencers, actors, production companies, and other high-profile individuals. Diana’s practice ranges from advising her clients on diverse music and media-related transactions to litigating disputes involving copyrights, trademarks, contracts, rights of privacy and publicity.
Billboard recognized Diana in its 2021 “Top Music Lawyers” list as well as its 2020 “Women in Music” Executives List. From 2018-2021, Diana has been selected as a SuperLawyer Rising Star by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. She has also been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021 and 2022 Edition) for Entertainment and Sports Law.
Diana served as the elected President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Barristers/Young Attorneys Section for 2019-2020. She currently serves on the Syllabus Committee for the USC-Beverly Hills Bar Association Institute on Entertainment Law and Business.
Diana is a proud member of the Recording Academy and is admitted to practice law in both California and New York.
Russ August & Kabat Partner Diana Sanders‘ article, “Barristers Tips”, concerning issues and privileges relating to the anti-SLAPP statute, was published in the November 2021 edition of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Read more.
Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) has announced that it has invested $31.6 million into YSN Imports, LLC (dba Flame King). The transaction was structured as a first-lien senior secured term debt and direct equity investment. RAK attorneys Christine Shin, Josh Gelbart, Lauren Geisser, and Dor Cohen represented Flame King in the transaction.
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Russ August & Kabat attorneys, Larry Russ, Christine Shin, Jacob Agi, and Donna Etemadi, represented Talos Digital in its sale to Perficient (Nasdaq: PRFT). The transaction involved a sale of both stock and assets, domestically in the US and cross-border in Columbia. Perficient is the world’s leading digital consultancy with a market cap of over $4.0 billion. Read the article.
