Alexandra K. Piarino

ALEX PIARINO represents clients in complex commercial and corporate transactions across the entertainment, sports, media, apparel, and technology industries. She regularly advises U.S.-based and international clients in a variety of matters related to content acquisition, production and distribution, intellectual property licensing, strategic branding initiatives and endorsements, media rights and corporate sponsorship, and motion picture and television finance. She also regularly counsels clients on a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, dispositions, strategic partnerships, reorganizations, and other general corporate matters. Alex’s clients include major motion picture studios, networks, streaming services, production companies and other content providers, as well as talent agencies, sports leagues and teams, strategic investors and family offices, private equity sponsors, and live event promoters and operators.

Alex was named to Variety’s “Up Next” list in its Dealmakers Impact Report in 2023.

Prior to joining Sidley, Alex served as counsel for an internationally recognized law firm. During law school, she was editor-in-chief of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance.

• Creative Artists Agency in a number of international joint ventures and strategic acquisitions.
• Library Pictures International in its formation and a number of cross-border co-financing transactions to fund local language motion picture production slates.
• Angel City Football Club in a variety of commercial transactions including its multi-year sponsorship deals with Sprouts and Cedars Sinai Medical Center and its partnerships with Bally Sports and Cal Lutheran University.
• Live Nation Entertainment and its affiliate Insomniac in a number of strategic growth acquisitions and joint ventures.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Alex maintains an active pro bono practice in the areas of content creation, child advocacy, and immigration.