EVIE WHITING is a trusted adviser to motion picture studios, television studios, production companies, investment funds, team owners and acquirers of professional sports teams, owners and acquirers of music catalogs, and financial institutions, blending complex, highly technical deal work with a deep entertainment, sports, and media knowledge base. She regularly counsels clients in a variety of matters related to the entertainment, sports and media industries, including film and television production facilities, film slate financing, single picture financing, production and distribution of motion pictures, television, and digital content, complex commercial arrangements in the entertainment sports and media space (including joint ventures), buying and selling of content-related assets, as well as a variety of financing-related issues in the sports and music businesses.
Evie frequently speaks on panels covering topics impacting the entertainment industry and has authored articles published by Bloomberg Law, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.
Evie has been recognized by Chambers USA for California Media & Entertainment: Transactional (2024–2025), with clients remarking that she has “extremely deep knowledge of market practice and is very detail-oriented” and she is “always ahead of the curve. She thinks critically and works practically.” She was named to Law360’s 2025 “Rising Stars” list for Media & Entertainment and was also selected by the Los Angeles Business Journal for its 2024 “Women of Influence: Attorneys” list, which annually spotlights the region’s noteworthy women legal professionals. Evie was recognized by Variety in its “Legal Impact Report” (2023–2025) and was listed as a “Rising Star of Media and Entertainment: Transactional” by Legal 500 United States (2021–2022).
Evie is the former Greater Los Angeles co-chair of SidleyWomen. She remains an active member of the committee.