Leading Media, Entertainment, and Broadway Law Firms Merge

The move, effective June 5, 2023, brings one of Broadway's top legal shops to Klaris.

By: Stephi Wild May. 31, 2023

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Leading Media, Entertainment, and Broadway Law Firms Merge

Klaris Law, a boutique media, entertainment, technology, and intellectual property firm based in New York, announced today that Nevin Law Group, Broadway's go-to production law practice, will join its team. Nevin Law Group Founder Doug Nevin is named partner and head of the newly-formed Theater and Live Events department at Klaris.

The move, effective June 5, 2023, brings one of Broadway's top legal shops to Klaris. Nevin will be joined at Klaris by his associate, Brandon Taylor, and other members of their legal team.

Klaris, founded in 2015, represents Warner Bros. Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Simon & Schuster, Time, Inc., Vox, Dotdash Meredith, U.S. Golf Association, the Maya Angelou estate, Pushkin, and many more across the creative and intellectual property sectors.

“These days, leveraging IP is a key business driver. Our media and entertainment clients will benefit greatly from the deep Broadway know-how Doug Nevin and his team have as we continue to expand our superlative legal services, efficiently and affordably,” said Edward Klaris, Managing Partner.

“We now add theater and live events to our already wide array of services in scripted and unscripted film/television, podcasting, publishing, content review and clearance, licensing, litigation, corporate transactions, and more,” added Klaris.

“It's a very exciting time to join Klaris,” said Nevin. “We serve as counsel to many of the most vibrant, provocative, and acclaimed productions, and all six this season are nominated for Tony Awards—26 nominations in all.”

“Ed has built a unique firm that spans many of the fields that are increasingly intersecting with theater, and we look forward to all the collaboration opportunities ahead,” continued Nevin.

During the 2022-2023 Broadway season, Nevin has represented best musical frontrunner Kimberly Akimbo, the rapturously received revival of Parade, the Olivier Award-winning Life of Pi and the well-received and Tony-nominated revivals of The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, The Piano Lesson and Topdog/Underdog.

For the upcoming season, Klaris will be representing the eagerly anticipated An Enemy of the People, starring Jeremy Strong, the Broadway run of Alex Edelman's acclaimed Just For Us, the new thriller Grey House, and the West End to New York transfer of the Olivier Award-nominated One Woman Show, which opens this summer at Greenwich House. Other productions will be announced in the coming months as Klaris's work with top-tier artists, institutions, and businesses continues.

The transaction comes as theater continues to emerge and expand following a historic industry shutdown. As media sectors find new IP development pipelines, such as live capture of Broadway productions, film-to-theater adaptations, and theater performance captured for audio distribution, the Klaris-Nevin Law Group merger will give clients the benefit of lawyers with specific subject-matter expertise.