US-Japan Initiative: Art, Entertainment, and Sports Across Borders
January 19, 2026
O’Melveny partner Amy Siegel recently moderated the Sports panel for the USJI program III which offers conversations exploring the intersections of art, entertainment, and sports through a US-Japan lens. The program featured an entertainment panel examining cross-border story-telling and a sports panel with the aim to “highlight how creative practice, cultural expression, and athletics continue to push boundaries and shape exchange and collaboration between Japan and the United States.”
Joining Amy Siegel for the sports panel discussing the globalization of leagues, talent, and fandom, were panelists Ilan Ben-Hanan, Senior Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions at ESPN, Masanori Kawana, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Fanatics Asia, and Takumi Jeannin, Partner at A&V Sports Group.
Amy Siegel is Co-Head of O’Melveny's Entertainment, Sports and Media Industry Group, representing key stakeholders across the industry. She counsels clients throughout the sports ecosystem on the distribution of complex media and data rights and helps corporate sponsors and organizations leverage valuable intellectual property to grow audiences via sponsorships, endorsements, partnerships and fan engagement platforms.
US-Japan Initiative: Art, Entertainment, and Sports Across Borders
Monday, January 19, 2026
12:00pm – 5:00pm PST
Los Angeles, California
Learn more about the program here.