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Sony Pictures General Counsel Leah Weil, Who Advised On ‘Spider-Man’ IP Acquisition, Recent Strike Talks & More, To Step Down After Near 30-Year Run


After a 28-year run at Sony Pictures, the studio’s SEVP & General Counsel Leah Weil is departing the studio. Weil, the studio’s most senior legal advisor to its CEOs and Sony Group …

I will deeply miss being an active part of the community we have built, but I am excited about the future and having the time to turn my attention back to things and relationships that have so often been pushed aside while I have been focused on the press of work. For many of us, Leah has always been there; a wise and trusted partner offering invaluable advice and counsel and driving the legal, regulatory and compliance strategies for some of SPE’s greatest challenges and successes. From leading our efforts on historic and transformative deals, having a key role in hundreds of projects and strategic initiatives, playing an integral part of the studio’s transformation into the digital age, to guiding SPE through challenging crises such as the 2014 cyber-attack and the global COVID pandemic, to leading our efforts in the historic and extraordinarily challenging WGA and SAG-AFTRA negotiations this year, to overseeing and executing the myriad day-to-day transactions that are critical to keeping all our businesses thriving.

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