Amy Siegel

Partner

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Amy Siegel, Co-Head of O'Melveny's Entertainment, Sports and Media Industry Group, represents key stakeholders across the entertainment, sports and media industry.

Amy focuses her practice primarily on complex commercial licensing arrangements, with expertise in the use of intellectual property rights in connection with traditional and digital means of content exploitation, theme parks and other location based entertainment venues, sports and other live events, as well as marketing campaigns and unique branding initiatives. She also has broad experience advising US and international clients on industry-specific mergers and acquisitions, the creation of strategic alliances, and the launch of innovative products and services.

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Languages

  • Spanish

Honors & Awards

  • Selected for inclusion in Variety’s Legal Impact Report (2018, 2020-2023)
  • Named to The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power Lawyers” list (2020-2023)
  • Named a Variety “Dealmaker” (2016, 2018-2023)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA in Media & Entertainment: Transactional (2021-2023)
  • Selected by the Daily Journal as a Top Woman Lawyer (2022)
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 US in Sport and Media & Entertainment: Transactional (2020-2022)
  • Selected by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of its “Most Influential Women Lawyers” (2018)
  • Featured in Variety’s “Power of Women L.A. Impact Report” (2016) 
  • Featured in “Leadership, Partnership, and Women in the Law: How This Firm Got it Right,” Ms. JD (2015)
  • Named an “Up Next Dealmaker” by Variety (2014)
  • Named a “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” (2012)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, J.D./M.B.A.: cum laude; Sayre Macneil Scholar; Order of the Coif; Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review; St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
  • Emory University, B.B.A., Business: Valedictorian Graduate with Highest Distinction; Beta Gamma Sigma; National Society of Collegiate Scholars

Professional Activities

Externships

  • Honorable Rita Miller, Los Angeles Superior Court

Member

  • Advisory Board of the Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law at UCLA Law School
  • Board of Directors of the Dance Resource Center, Los Angeles
  • Female Executives in Media and Entertainment (FEME)
  • Sports Lawyers Association

Author

  • “Developments in the Law: Federal Jurisdiction and Forum Selection: Developments in Diversity Jurisdiction,” Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2004)

Speaker

  • Panelist, “View from the Top: TV & Entertainment Industry Deal-Makers Roundtable,” Future of Television Conference (September 2019)
  • Global food company CJ CheilJedang and Bibigo in a multi-year global marketing partnership with the Los Angeles Lakers, including the official jersey patch rights
  • Epson in a five-year title sponsorship agreement for the Official Qualifying Tour of the LPGA
  • Epson in its multi-year partnership with NBA Hall of Famer, business leader and philanthropist, Shaquille O’Neal
  • TD Bank in its 20-year naming rights extension with Delaware North that keeps Boston's premier sports and entertainment arena as "TD Garden" through 2045, and its helmet sponsorship agreement for NHL’s Boston Bruins
  • CIGNA in its arrangement to consolidate the majority of its advertising account across services with IPG, including creative, data and analytics and media buying and planning
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Press Releases

O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2023

June 1, 2023

Variety Names Nine O’Melveny Partners to its 2023 “Legal Impact Report”

April 21, 2023

O’Melveny Partners Molly Lens and Amy Siegel Named to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2023 “Power Lawyers” List

April 13, 2023

Four O’Melveny Partners Named to Variety’s 2022 Dealmakers Impact Report

December 8, 2022

O’Melveny Earns Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2022

June 8, 2022

O’Melveny Partners Chopra, Pletcher, and Siegel Named 2022 “Top Women Lawyers” by the Daily Journal

May 19, 2022

Variety Names Eight O’Melveny Partners to its 2022 “Legal Impact Report”

April 20, 2022

The Hollywood Reporter Recognizes Four O’Melveny Partners as 2022 “Power Lawyers”

April 4, 2022

O’Melveny Advises Sorare on Multi-Year NFT Agreement with Major League Soccer

March 30, 2022

O’Melveny Advises Epson in Five-Year Title Sponsorship Agreement for the LPGA’s Official Qualifying Tour

January 31, 2022

O’Melveny Advises Genius Sports in Global Partnership with the Canadian Football League

December 10, 2021

Variety Names Four O’Melveny Partners to 2021 Dealmakers Impact Report

December 8, 2021

O’Melveny Advises CJ ENM in Acquisition of Endeavor Content Valued at US$850 Million

November 23, 2021

O’Melveny Advises fuboTV in Acquisition of Molotov, France’s Leading Live TV Streaming Service

November 10, 2021

O’Melveny Welcomes Leading Entertainment Dealmaker Lindsay Conner to Century City

October 18, 2021

O’Melveny Advises Bibigo® and CJ CheilJedang in Multi-Year Global Marketing Partnership with the Los Angeles Lakers

October 5, 2021

O’Melveny Practices, Lawyers Highly Ranked by The Legal 500 US 2021

June 28, 2021

Alerts and Publications

In the News

Variety: Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2023: Meet Hollywood’s Top Entertainment Dealmakers and Litigators

April 19, 2023

The Hollywood Reporter: Power Lawyers 2023: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys List

April 12, 2023

Variety: Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report 2022: Tough Times Take Tough Negotiators

December 7, 2022

The Deal: FuboTV, Ryan Reynolds Form Production Team

August 8, 2022

Variety: Variety’s Legal Impact Report 2022: Top Attorneys Winning Cases and Making Deals in Hollywood

April 20, 2022

Global Football Legal: O’Melveny Advises Sorare on MLS Deal

April 11, 2022

Global Legal Chronicle: Sorare’s Multi-Year NFT Agreement with Major League Soccer

April 8, 2022

The Hollywood Reporter: Power Lawyers 2022: Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys

March 30, 2022

Asia Business Law Journal: Latham Assists Korean Purchase of Endeavor

January 28, 2022

Sports Video Group: Genius Sports Inks Data-Rights Deal With CFL

December 10, 2021

Legal Week (UK): Latham, Skadden, Shin & Kim: Who Took On Asia's Biggest Deals In November?

November 30, 2021

Asian Legal Business: OMM, Latham Advise on US$850 Mln Deal for ‘Parasite’ Firm

November 25, 2021

ICLG: O’Melveny Nabs Manatt Entertainment Head

October 29, 2021

Daily Journal: O’Melveny Adds Prominent Entertainment Dealmaker in Century City

October 19, 2021

Reuters: O’Melveny Poaches Manatt Entertainment Head in Century City

October 18, 2021

Law360: O’Melveny Snags Top Entertainment Atty From Manatt Phelps

October 18, 2021

The Recorder: O’Melveny Lands Entertainment Leader From Manatt, With Cross-Border Practice

October 18, 2021

The Wrap: Lindsay Conner Joins Law Firm O’Melveny’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Group

October 18, 2021