Jennifer Riso

Partner

Washington, D.C.

Jennifer is an experienced corporate transactional partner in the Entertainment & Media Industry Group.

Jennifer represents private equity and strategic clients, start-ups, growth companies, and venture capital funds, as well as recording artists, producers, and high-profile individuals, in a broad range of domestic and international matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings, corporate governance and commercial matters, spin-offs, restructurings, and other strategic transactions.

Jennifer has represented clients in the life sciences, information technology, food and beverage, crypto, fashion, tech, education, and entertainment and media industries, among others.

Experience

Representative matters

Represented Leeds Equity Partners in its platform acquisition of OffSec.
Represented Sagamore Ventures, an investment company serving as the family office of Under Armour Executive Chairman Kevin Plank, in its sale of a majority interest in Sagamore Spirit to Illva Saronno Holdings.
Represented CiraApps in its sale to Vegvisir Capital Partners.

Credentials

Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law, 2014, J.D., cum laude
  • University of Michigan, 2011, B.A., Communication and Media Studies

Professional admissions & qualifications

  • New York
  • Washington, D.C.

Professional affiliations

  • American Bar Association

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