Carissa Coze Bio

Carissa Coze is a seasoned dealmaker who focuses on high-profile, complex transactions for sophisticated players in the media, sports, and technology industries. She has a proven track record of successfully guiding these clients as they expand their portfolios or enter new lines of business, through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. Carissa understands the media, entertainment, and sports industries; how technology, content consumption, and government regulation are changing those industries; and the challenges her clients face as a result. For each transaction she handles, her focus is on how the deal impacts her client’s business goals and finding the best ways to address its priorities. Regularly recognized for her advocacy and creativity, Carissa’s accolades include being named “Attorney of the Year” (California Lawyer), among “Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers” (Hollywood Reporter), a “Sports and Entertainment Trailblazer” (National Law Journal), one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in California” (Daily Journal), and to Variety’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” twice. Under Carissa’s leadership, Law360 named Jenner & Block among its “Sports & Betting Practice Groups of the Year” in 2023 and 2020.