International Society of Primerus Law Firms

Los Angeles Attorney
Katy Spillers

Phone: 310.553.3610

Email: kspillers@greenbergglusker.com

Languages: English

With a focus on representing CEOs and founders, Katy Spillers handles a broad range of corporate matters for emerging growth and middle-market companies, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, and joint ventures.

Katy represents clients in a wide variety of industries, but she has deep expertise in advising branded consumer products, technology/new media, and entertainment companies.

Significant representative matters include:

  • Since 2016, Katy has represented Barstool Sports, Inc., one of the country’s fastest-growing digital media companies (valued at $450M), and in January 2020 represented Barstool in its exclusive sports betting and gaming partnership with Penn National Gaming, Inc. (“Penn National”), a publicly-traded gaming company. The $163M deal is significant because it involves the first major transaction between a media company and gaming company since the Supreme Court essentially legalized sports betting in 2018.
     
  • Represents Karlie Kloss personally in consumer investments, talent deals, fundraisers, sponsorships, advisor services, and various agreements (i.e. endorsement, program, appearance, collaboration, hosting, and charitable promotion agreements), which over the past two years include Dior, Vogue/Nordstrom, Amazon Fashion, Project Runway, AMEX, Nintendo, SAP and AWAY. Katy also represents Karlie Kloss’s Kode With Klossy (KWK), free coding camps that create learning experiences and opportunities for young women that increase their confidence and inspire them to pursue their passions in a technology-driven world. KWK deals include Ford, StockX, OMAZE, Teach for America, Bumble, and ADCouncil.
     
  • Represents Good American since inception through each fundraising round. Founded by Emma Grede and Khloe Kardashian, Good American is a leader in the body positivity movement.
     
  • Represents Skims since inception in each fundraising round. Skims is a shapewear line founded by Kim Kardashian West.

Becoming a partner of the firm early in her career, Katy has established herself as a leader, serving on the firm’s strategic planning committee, leading for the past four years the firm’s international legal efforts as a member of the board of the World Law Group (a global network of leading independent law firms), and assisting early on with both lateral and associate recruiting.

Continuing her commitment to women entrepreneurs and leaders, Katy is a founding member/sponsor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and serves on its advisory board. In addition, Katy is an active member of the Women’s Leadership Council and was included in its first class of associate members.

Professional Affiliations

Awards

  • “Top Women Attorneys in Los Angeles” (2020), Los Angeles Business Journal
  • Best Lawyers in America (2020)
  • Southern California Super Lawyers (2016-2020)
  • Southern California Rising Stars (2009-2014)

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles  (J.D., 2005)
  • University of California, Berkeley  (B.A., high distinction, 2002)
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • English

Representative Matters

  • Represent celebrity clients in negotiating and structuring investments in digital media and entertainment technology companies including user acquisition and promotion agreements, strategic partnerships, and incentive compensation arrangements
  • Represent software company focused on real estate-related applications in formation and early-stage financing matters
  • Represent high net worth client in connection with the reorganization of a mobile gaming company, the acquisition of intellectual property assets, and the formation of new venture
  • Represent an independent furniture manufacturing and design firm in connection with initial debt and equity financing, employee and consultant incentive plans and  joint venture agreements
  • Represent a start-up technology company in connection with entity formation, partnership, intellectual property and tax issues and venture capital financing transactions
  • Represent an online video game company in connection with debt and equity financings, acquisitions, including acquisitions of distressed assets from a UK-based company, as well as all day-to-day general corporate matters
  • Represented a major entertainment company in the acquisition of a high-profile $100 million dollar intellectual property portfolio
  • Represented a celebrity client in connection with a consumer goods joint venture, including negotiation of joint venture agreements, secured financing agreements and license/endorsement agreements
  • Represented a high-profile entertainment executive in connection with a $40 million dollar offering of membership interests to pursue sports and entertainment related investment opportunities
  • Represented multiple real estate developer clients in connection with private offerings ranging from $10 million to $40 million to raise funds to acquire industrial and commercial properties, hotels and residential real estate portfolios
  • Represented an investment trust focused on alternative energy companies and other clean tech industries, including structuring, negotiating and documenting PIPE transactions (private investment in public companies) and numerous investments in venture-stage companies ranging from start-ups to late-round financings; representation also included preparing, filing and managing the trust’s U.S. securities filing obligations and coordinating similar international filing obligations

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Greenberg Glusker

2049 Century Park East
Suite 2600
Los Angeles, CA 90067
United States

Law Firm Contact: Brian L. Davidoff

Tel: 310.553.3610

Fax: 310.553.0687

Email: bdavidoff@greenbergglusker.com

Website: greenbergglusker.com

Member Since: 2005

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