Corporate Media Attorney With Extensive Experience in Article
9 Securitizations and Foreclosures and Media Finance Joins Greenberg
Traurig's Los Angeles Office
LOS ANGELES, CA-- April 10, 2006 --
James O. Thoma,
a highly respected corporate media attorney, has joined Greenberg
Traurig LLP’s as a shareholder in its corporate practice. Recognized
as a leader in Article 9 foreclosures on intellectual property and
with an active international sponsorship practice (including Olympic
related sponsorships), Thoma has more than 15 years of experience
in commercial transactions, security interests and asset securitizations
as well as financings for motion pictures, television programming
and computer/electronic games. His clients include multi-national
corporations (with a particular focus on European and Korean companies),
domestic and foreign lending institutions, motion picture and television
producers and distributors, and software companies for electronic
games. Thoma was the partner-in-charge of the 2002 Winter Olympic
Games in Salt Lake City.
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“James brings extensive experience in corporate matters including
Article 9 foreclosures on general intangibles. He also has a strong
practice representing domestic and overseas lending institutions
and bank syndicates and has been a pioneer in the development of
economic models for financing electronic games,” said
Tom Loo, co-chair
of Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles office. “Furthermore, he has
an exceptional track record of success in financing for film and
television programming and distribution.”
Thoma previously was a partner in Akin Gump, and a member of
its corporate practice as well as the entertainment and media sub-group.
Prior to Akin Gump, he was a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
in Los Angeles.
Skilled in security interests in intellectual property and related
areas, including conducting foreclosures on copyrights, trademarks
and patents, he completed a groundbreaking securitization and loan
for a borrower based on an eight-figure corporate United States
tax refund in 2005.
Thoma has lectured extensively in Europe on the topic of entertainment
financing, and has authored articles about Article 9 foreclosures,
financing software development and distribution.
He received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from
the University of Texas when he also obtained his J.D.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with 1,500
attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The
firm is ranked seventh on The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 listing of the
largest law firms in the U.S., based on number of lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver,
CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL;
Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA;
Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tokyo, Japan;
Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, FL; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich,
Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent
law firms: Olswang, London and Brussels; Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome; and
Hayabusa Kokusai Law Offices in Tokyo.
For additional information, please visit the firm's Web site at
www.gtlaw.com.
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