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Covington & Burling LLP operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide,
with the practice in England and Wales conducted by an affiliated limited
liability multinational partnership, Covington & Burling LLP, which is formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States and authorized and
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Covington’s Digital Transactions Teams help companies realize their strategies
in the digital economy. Our customized, multi-disciplinary teams have
significant experience with technology, outsourcing, media, and content
distribution agreements across a wide array of industries. As your business
adapts to change we can create the innovative agreements you need.

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with our regulatory and international experience and our collaborative culture
allows us to negotiate win-win agreements on behalf of our clients. We excel at
solving the legal challenges of commercializing new business models and
providing fast, tailor-made contracts.

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hand and augment them with lawyers with industry experience and technical
backgrounds as needed, including data analytics, electrical engineering,
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AMERICAN AIRLINES IN TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERTAINMENT MATTERS



Representation in connection with a series of cloud, digital merchandising,
e-commerce, music and content licensing, marketing and distribution transactions
with companies such as Google, Sojern, ADARA, Oracle, Ebay, and Twitter.




NFL IN $18 BILLION EIGHT-YEAR PROGRAMMING AGREEMENTS



The National Football League in negotiating its $18 billion eight-year
programming agreements with ABC, CBS and Fox Television, its interactive media
rights/online cross-promotion and marketing agreement with AOL, CBS and
Sportsline.com, and its international content distribution deal with Yahoo!




PAC-12 NETWORKS IN TWITTER STREAMING DEAL



We represented Pac-12 Networks in its deal with Twitter for streaming of 150
live Olympic sports events from the Pac-12 universities.




REPRESENTATION OF TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS



We represented Teva in its strategic partnership with IBM, which enabled it to
become the first multinational pharmaceutical company to deploy IBM’s Watson
Health Cloud as its global technology platform. As part of the partnership, a
joint Teva-IBM research team will work together using “big data” and
machine-learning tools to develop disease models and advanced therapeutic
solutions, including solutions designed to collect and analyze real world
evidence. The deployment of these models and solutions will enable Teva to
provide insights and real-time feedback directly to care providers and patients
via mobile devices in order to achieve treatment optimizations and improved
patient outcomes.




NBA IN LIVE VIRTUAL REALITY STREAMING WITH NEXTVR



We represented the NBA in a multi-year deal to stream live NBA games in virtual
reality in a partnership with NextVR, which will become the official live
virtual reality partner of the NBA. During the 2016-2017 season, live VR games
will first be available to NBA League Pass subscribers, with single-game
purchase opportunities to follow for all VR consumers as the NextVR app becomes
available on new VR devices.




FOX NETWORKS GROUP IN ONLINE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS



We represented Fox Networks Group in various agreements for carriage of the Fox
suite of cable networks and the Fox owned and operated broadcast television
stations on various “over-the-top” Internet-based distribution platforms.





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Brandon Palmen Named to Daily Journal’s Top 40 Under 40

PALO ALTO—The Daily Journal has named Brandon Palmen to its 2023 Top 40 Under 40
list, a recognition of the top lawyers under the age of 40 in California.
Brandon assists clients in a wide range of industries with their commercial and
intellectual...

Media Mention Tuesday, May 10, 2022 The American Lawyer

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What It Takes to Successfully Service the Booming NFT Market

Adrian Perry was quoted in The American Lawyer about how the demand for lawyers
who understand non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has grown exponentially in the past
year, especially lawyers who have an understanding not just of NFT transactions,
but also data...

Media Mention Monday, March 14, 2022 Billboard

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4 Risks To Consider Before Selling An NFT

Adrian Perry was quoted by Billboard in an article published as part of a deep
dive series titled, "A Musician's Guide to Web3,” highlighting NFT legal risks
for musicians. “Musicians are obviously interested in generating new streams
of...

Article Friday, February 18, 2022 Bloomberg Law

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Brands in the Metaverse Will Fight Old Battles on New Ground



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Music Ally Focus #30: the (many) hidden legal complications when you sell a
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Adrian Perry appeared on "Focus," the Music Ally podcast, to discuss legal
complications when selling a music NFT.

Media Mention Thursday, April 12, 2018 The Recorder

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Covington Nabs Veteran Tech Dealmaker From Wilson Sonsini

The Recorder highlights the arrival of Suzanne Bell to Covington's Technology
Transactions practice. Bell says she was attracted to the firm's strong
regulatory practice given the increased intersection between the technology
sector and government...

Media Mention Friday, July 1, 2016 Law360

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Health Hires: Greenberg, Covington Add IP, Deals Pros

Van Ellis and John Hurvitz are quoted in a Law360 article regarding Ellis’
arrival as a partner in the firm’s life sciences transactions practice.
According to Ellis, who says he is drawn to how Covington deals with some of the
largest and...

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Leading Life Sciences Lawyer Joins Covington

WASHINGTON—Van Ellis has joined Covington as a partner in its life sciences
transactions practice, resident in Washington. Mr. Ellis has extensive
experience in a wide variety of technology-based transactions and corporate
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Covington Lawyers Win Four “Europe Women in Business Law” Awards

LONDON—Euromoney Legal Media Group has selected four Covington lawyers for its
annual “Europe Women in Business Law Awards.” The awards honor women in the
legal sector across Europe. The Covington lawyers recognized are: Louise...

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Covington Advises Underwriters in Life Sciences Debt Offering

NEW YORK—Covington advised the underwriters in connection with Repligen’s $115
million debt offering. The senior convertible notes due in 2021 were placed at
2.125 percent. Repligen is a bioprocessing company focused on the manufacture of
Protein A...

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NEW YORK—Covington is advising MagtiCom Ltd., the leading mobile operator in the
Republic of Georgia, on its definitive agreement to acquire retail and corporate
ISP cable assets from Caucasus Online LLC. The deal is expected to close on or
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