Ms. Fisher was named by Chambers and Partners as a Leading Media and Entertainment: Transactional Lawyer in California for 2007 in its Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business directories. In July 2007 and July 2008, Ms. Fisher was named one of the top 100 "Power Lawyers" by the Hollywood Reporter. Ms. Fisher was also named by The Daily Journal in 2008 as one of "California's Top 100 Lawyers".Ms. Fisher's corporate practice encompasses mergers and acquisitions; financing transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity; and the formation of and issues related to joint ventures.
In Ms. Fisher's entertainment practice, she regularly represents studios, music companies, software companies and other content providers in connection with mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition and disposition of film libraries and music catalogs; content licensors and licensees in distribution and licensing agreements; and various entities in connection with investments in entertainment related entities. She also has significant expertise with joint ventures in the entertainment and technology arenas, including joint ventures for the purpose of television and motion picture production and distribution, technology development and deployment, internet-based music distribution and VOD motion picture distribution. Representative transactions include representations of: Vivendi S.A. in the combination of its Vivendi Games subsidiary with Activision, Inc.; an investment bank in connection with film financing transactions; Thomson S.A. in agreements with studios and exhibitors related to the implementation of digital cinema systems; Entravision Communications Corporation in connection with a sale of radio stations; the Special Committee of Hollywood Entertainment Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Hollywood by Movie Gallery Inc.; Universal Studios, Inc. in the sale of Spencer Gifts, in distribution and other agreements with DreamWorks LLC, and in the acquisition of USA Networks, Inc.; Universal Music Group in a number of joint ventures related to music, music distribution, television and artists; and representation of Warner Music Group in its acquisition of an interest in Frank Sinatra Enterprises and in its agreements with Grateful Dead Productions.
From 1980 to 1982, Ms. Fisher was a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm M. Lucas. She received her law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she served as a Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review.