DLA Piper has grabbed the remote for the Al Jazeera Media Network on its reported $500 million purchase of Current TV, the first major transaction in the United States for the Pan-Arab news channel.
Frank Ryan, chair of DLA’s IP group in New York and the deputy chair of the firm’s global sports, media, and entertainment group, is leading a team advising Al Jazeera that includes corporate partners Eric Geppert and Michael Reed, as well as associates Richard Flaggert, Sean Harrigan, and Elena Keil.
