Chris Chatham has spent over two decades shaping some of the most consequential deals in entertainment—earning a reputation as one of Hollywood’s most trusted legal power brokers. His client roster includes the #1 most influential creator of 2025, the #1 short-form YouTuber in the world, the #1 video podcast on Spotify, the #1 show and miniseries on Netflix, and the #1 syndicated TV talk show. Together, his clients command approximately 800 million followers and over 3 billion views per month—producing over 1,000 hours of original scripted and unscripted programming per year, spanning dozens of pilots and films, multiple renewals, and more than 80 million books sold. Content owners with libraries exceeding 10,000 episodes have turned to Chris to coordinate their distribution and monetization strategy. Collectively, the deals he has facilitated are estimated to represent more than $10 billion in collective value.

Understanding his clients’ objectives and risk tolerance, Chris serves as a trusted business and legal partner—structuring and negotiating unprecedented transactions and bringing them successfully across the finish line. He represents high-profile artists, influencers, professional athletes, studio executives, and a variety of companies from media, entertainment, production, hospitality, sports, and technology, as well as startups, lenders, investors, credit facilities, and family offices.

His execution-oriented approach and breadth of experience handling cutting-edge transactions and complex litigation allows his clients to adapt and grow their businesses in today’s advanced data-and-technology-driven marketplace. His portfolio spans mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, brand monetization, cross-border transactions, equity and debt financings, corporate governance and partnerships between the world’s top influencers and the best operators. Icons and moguls across media, entertainment, technology, sports, consumer brands, health and wellness have turned to Chris to lead their expansion of their business and guide them successfully into new verticals—including free ad-supported television streaming (FAST) and related CTV deals. He also works tirelessly alongside his clients to launch their most ambitious charitable endeavors.

Chris' litigation experience sets him apart from other lawyers—giving his clients a steadfast advocate from the negotiating table to the courtroom, and every critical juncture in between. His broad practice covers the full spectrum of media and entertainment law, including misappropriation of the right of publicity, employment disputes, defamation, blockchain and cryptocurrency, business torts, catastrophic loss, intellectual property protection and enforcement, breach of fiduciary duty, the formation and division of trusts, real estate and commercial matters, and other business disputes. Drawing on the same instincts that define his transactional work, he efficiently assembles the right teams to implement calculated strategies from the inception of a dispute through the end of trial.

His achievements have earned him countless recognitions and selection by the industry’s most respected publications. Chris has been named repeatedly to The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive Power Lawyers list, The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Dealmakers, Variety’s Legal Impact Report and coveted Dealmakers Impact Report, Lawdragon’s “Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers” roster, and Law360’s Media & Entertainment Editorial Board—cementing his standing as a trusted authority on complex transactions and disputes across a variety of practice areas.

Chris started his career on Wall Street as a corporate bond trader at Lehman Brothers (now Barclays) and was a registered representative of the National Association of Securities Dealers, where he helped orchestrate billions in debt offerings—experience that informs not just how he structures deals, but how he thinks about every client relationship.