Matthew C. Thompson Named “Power Lawyer” by The Hollywood Reporter

Matthew C. Thompson, a partner in Sidley’s Century City office and co-leader of the Entertainment, Sports and Media group firmwide, has been named to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 “Power Lawyers” list, which annually profiles Hollywood’s top 100 lawyers.

Matt was lauded for representing Conan O’Brien, Conaverticals, Team Coco, and Middle Child in the sale of Conan’s podcast empire and iconic Team Coco brand to Sirius XM. He was also praised for counselling Mark Burnett in a multi-year continuation of his relationship with MGM and Amazon, in addition to his work on music-related acquisitions for Warner Music Group. The Hollywood Reporter further cited Matt for his work advising Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in launching independent production company Artists Equity with a minimum US$100 million investment from RedBird Capital Partners, and in connection with Artists Equity’s first project, “Air,” which is receiving a unique theatrical release in advance of Amazon Prime debut.

Matt represents entertainment companies and sources of capital in complex M&A and financing transactions as well as general corporate matters. He also represents entertainment companies and other similar parties in a wide variety of industry-focused commercial transactions.