Fox Rothschild is pleased to welcome David Ashley to the New York office as counsel in the Entertainment & Sports Law Department.

Ashley provides strategic legal counsel to clients in the entertainment industry, particularly those in television, film and digital media.

His clients include digital streaming platforms, cable networks, production companies, financiers, directors, producers, screenwriters, actors and celebrity talent. He regularly advises on the legal aspects of development, financing, production and distribution of television and film projects.

Ashley negotiates intellectual property acquisitions, production company service agreements and writer, director, showrunner and on-camera talent deals. He meticulously structures complex agreements for IP, digital distribution and content licensing. He also advises clients on branded entertainment productions and sponsorship agreements.

Ashley was previously a business and legal affairs executive in the scripted original series division at Netflix and prior to that, practiced at boutique entertainment law firms in New York. He was also a senior writer and producer for the Sundance Channel prior to entering the legal field. Ashley leverages his significant in-house experience in both the legal and production aspects of the industry to provide clients with forward-looking, practical advice.

Ashley earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.