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Top Women Lawyers

May 9, 2013

Karen E. Silverman

Latham & Watkins LLP San Francisco Practice type: Litigation and regulatory


Silverman said she's a longtime Star Wars fan, so she was a natural to advise Lucasfilm Ltd. on the antitrust implications of its $4.05 billion acquisition by the Walt Disney Co. The deal included the space opera franchise plus consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production.


"I was delighted that Lucasfilm asked me to come in and oversee the regulatory piece" of the negotiation, she said.


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