LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK—Variety has named Michael Hill, David Lefebvre, Adrian Perry, and Robyn Polashuk to its 2024 Dealmakers Impact Report, recognizing the top dealmakers in the entertainment business.
Mike is based in Covington’s New York office and advises media and technology companies and sports leagues, conferences, and teams in connection with a broad array of commercial and corporate transactions. He has extensive experience with complex television and video licensing and distribution agreements across broadcast, cable and streaming, with a particular focus on sports media rights agreements.
Based in Covington’s Los Angeles office, David advises leading media and entertainment groups, broadcast stations, sports leagues, established and emerging technology companies, and other content owners in connection with content licensing and distribution agreements and media rights agreements. His practice covers a wide variety of platforms (including Internet/OTT/streaming, broadcast, cable, satellite, and mobile) and business models (including linear, video-on-demand, direct-to-consumer, and subscription premium).
Adrian is an entertainment and tech transactions lawyer in Covington’s New York office and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Entertainment and Media Industry and Music Industry practice groups. He is also part of the firm's Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things initiatives, advising on deals involving AI-powered and internet-connected products. He is helping to shape the future of how content is created and consumed, and is an authority on digital content distribution issues, and on data collection and licensing, with a focus on the music, sports, TV, and film industries. A musician who has toured internationally and licensed his original music for film and television, Adrian brings significant experience in the entertainment industry to his legal practice.
Based in Covington’s Los Angeles office, Robyn serves as co-chair of the firm's Entertainment and Media Industry Group. She provides transactional and strategic advice on network and video programming distribution to leading studio, television and other media and technology companies around the world. Her practice focuses on the evolution of video consumption and is integral to how programming companies get their content to customers.
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