Robert Labate Bio

Robert J. Labate is an attorney in Holland & Knight's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. He is co-chair of the firm's national Entertainment Law practice and a member of the national Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Group. Mr. Labate assists major media companies, performers and production companies with copyright, licensing, financing, content acquisition, production, digital distribution and music issues. He also advises media and entertainment clients regarding advertising, sponsorship and talent agreements as well as use of social media and websites. Mr. Labate represents creditors and financial institutions in major restructurings and bankruptcy cases around the country, particularly with respect to the energy, technology, transportation and entertainment sectors. He also advises real estate and corporate clients with respect to issues arising in connection with restructuring, bankruptcy and receiverships. Mr. Labate was an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University School of Law between 2007 and 2014 where he taught both "Corporate Workouts and Restructuring" as well as "The Law of Film and Television Production." From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Labate was a regular legal contributor to a Chicago-based arts journal named PerformInk, and during that time he wrote more than 50 articles about various entertainment, media and copyright law topics of interest to the creative community. For five years, Mr. Labate served as chair of the Holland & Knight Chicago office's Public and Charitable Service Committee, which promotes dozens of pro bono and community service representations and projects in the Chicago metropolitan community. He now supervises Public and Charitable Service activities nationwide for the firm's Litigation Section.