Sasha Levites - Lawyer in New York, NY

Sasha H. Levites is a partner in the Entertainment Group, where she represents clients in the film, television, theatre, and publishing industries. Ms. Levites handles a broad range of transactional entertainment and intellectual property matters, with a focus on advising clients in the film, television and digital media industries. She represents writers, directors, producers, documentary filmmakers, motion picture studios, distributors, and private equity financiers, and works closely with intellectual property owners to help maximize the value of their rights in an ever-changing marketplace. Ms. Levites is experienced in structuring and negotiating film and television development deals, talent agreements, co-production and financing agreements, rights acquisition, content distribution and foreign sales agreements, as well as all forms of production legal releases. Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Levites served as Manager of Business and Legal Affairs for FilmNation Entertainment where she negotiated international film sales and distribution agreements for award-winning titles such as Nebraska and The Imitation Game, along with motion picture finance and development deals. Ms. Levites also spent time in the Business and Legal Affairs department at MTV, where she focused on international content distribution and format licensing for the music networks. Ms. Levites is recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the 2022 edition of Ones to Watch for Entertainment and Sports law. She was recognized in Varietys 2019 40 Under 40 New Leaders List, and in the Up Next List of Varietys 2017 Dealmakers Elite New York Report. Since 2016, she has also been recognized in Super Lawyers magazine as a New York-area Rising Star in the Entertainment Sports field. Ms. Levites currently serves on the Creative Executive Council for the NYU Production Lab. Ms. Levites is admitted to practice in New York.