Lawrence J. Ulman is a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California and Co-Chair of the Media Entertainment and Technology Practice Group. Mr. Ulman graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences. In 1975 he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University Of Southern California School Of Law. While at the University of Southern California School of Law, Mr. Ulman received the ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Award in Copyright Law. Mr. Ulman also has a Masters of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Ulman is an adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinema + Television.
In July 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Mr. Ulman was named one of the Hollywood Reporter’s “Top 100 Power Lawyers.” Daily Variety also named Mr. Ulman as one of the “Top Dealmakers” for 2008.
At Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Ulman specializes in entertainment finance. He regularly represents film studios in their film distribution and financial matters and banks providing production financing for theatrical motion pictures. His expertise includes negotiating and documenting international tax advantaged film financing transactions; acquisitions of film rights for foreign and domestic film companies; representation of financial institutions in innovative and complex loan arrangements, including film securitizations and credit enhanced and “gap” lending arrangements; and representation of completion guarantors insuring the completion and delivery of independent and major theatrical motion pictures. He also has experience in representing sellers and buyers of film rights and negotiating output and other forms of film and television acquisition agreements. His clients include Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, and Constantin Film AG.
