345 Park Avenue
New York,
New York
10154
 212.407.4906
 212.658.9772
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Roger
M.
Arar
Partner
and
Chair, New York Entertainment Department
Roger Arar concentrates in the area of motion picture and television finance, production, distribution and talent. His principal clients include television networks; motion picture and television production and distribution companies; and individual producers, actors, writers, directors and investors.
His motion picture and television work includes finance and distribution transactions; network production and license agreements; bank financing, including single-picture financing and revolving credit facilities; private equity investments in films; rights acquisitions; development agreements; talent engagements and insurance, guild and union matters.
Publications/Speeches
- Author, A Rational Approach to Trademark Parody, Unpublished
Affiliations
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Member, New York Media/Entertainment Roundtable
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Member (Former Co-chair), UCLA Entertainment Symposium Advisory Committee
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Member, American Bar Association Entertainment ADR Committee
Distinctions
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Named "Best Lawyer" in Entertainment Law, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2008 and 2009 editions)
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Named in "Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business," in Media & Entertainment: Film & Television, (2005-2008 editions)
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Named "New Star" by Lawdragon 500 (2006)
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Named "New York Super Lawyer" in Entertainment & Sports and Intellectual Property by Law & Politics (2006-2008)
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Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1982, Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Yale University, B.A., 1977, magna cum laude
New York, 1983
California, 1985
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1983
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1983
Law Clerk,
Honorable
Patricia
Boyle,
Michigan State Supreme Court
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