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Thomas Baxter

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Baxter Thomas
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tbaxter@Venable.com

Thomas Baxter is counsel in Venable's Corporate Practice in the Los Angeles office. He primarily advises media, entertainment, and technology companies, as well as private equity firms in the entertainment and media space. He has in-depth experience in matters pertaining to the distribution, production, and finance for major films, TV studios, and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). He advises clients on entertainment-related joint ventures, licensing agreements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Thomas has served as in-house counsel for a big four entertainment studio on a variety of corporate matters, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance. During law school, he served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Vincent P. Zurzolo of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

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Experience

Representative Matters

  • Represented a top entertainment company in the formation of a strategic joint venture and in connection with numerous corporate governance matters
  • Represented a European reality television company in the formation and investment in a North American joint venture
  • Represented a major entertainment company in the formation and investment in a television production company
  • Represented a major studio in its investment in and strategic partnership with a well-known television producer
  • Represented a top media company in its formation, organization, and capital raise, as well as with various investments and corporate governance matters
  • Represented a global technology company in the sale of a transactional streaming service
  • Represented numerous big four studios in connection with financing, distribution, and production agreements
  • Represented various MVPDs in numerous carriage transactions with content providers
  • Represented regional sports networks in connection with the acquisitions of media rights related to various professional sports teams

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Recent Thought Leadership

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Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. magna cum laude Loyola Marymount University School of Law 2009
    • Articles Editor, Staffer, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
    • Sayre MacNeil Scholar
  • M.B.A. summa cum laude Loyola Marymount University 2009
  • B.S. Finance and Entrepreneurship magna cum laude Florida State University 2003

Bar Admissions

  • California

Recognition
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  • Named one of Southern California's "Rising Stars" by Los Angeles Magazine and Southern California Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" from 2013 to 2018