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Experience. Integrity. Results.
We are a special situations law firm. At BURNSLAW, we focus on our clients. We make sure that they are supported with 100% of our attention and energy. We are bold advocates for those we serve. We are experts in delivering results for the less fortunate, less powerful, and less resourced parties in transactions and disputes.
OUR LEGAL SERVICES
Through complete dedication and knowledge of the law, BURNSLAW knows that the best way to address our clients’ legal issues is to understand their business and industry. Your case is important to us — read on to learn about our areas of expertise. Our specialties include: family office management and planning; corporate transactions; M&A; entertainment; media; nonprofit; special situations globally; litigation management; and crisis management.
CORPORATE COUNSEL/
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Corporate Transactions
- Global Structure
- Family Office
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
- Litigation Management
- High Stakes and Crisis
- Entertainment Transactions
- Production/Distribution Legal
NON-PROFIT
- Formation
- Governance and Investigations
- Life Risk/Crisis/Special Situations
- Strategy
OUR Representative Matters
- Managed numerous global re-organizations across areas such as tax, legal and business optimization
- Represented numerous life right disputes related to the film industry
- Managed M&A transactions for media companies on the buy and sell side
- Managed extensive entertainment transactions in India
- Managed the sale and exit of numerous technology companies
- Managed complex transactions in nations including Myanmar, Mongolia, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, England, Switzerland, South Africa, Dubai, South Korea, etc.
- Managed crisis and criminal cases/investigation in Southeast Asia and Latin America
- Managed cross border issues related to Canada and America
- Managed criminal law related disputes in Russia, Turkey and the Middle East
- Managed complex transactions and issues in Sub-saharan Africa
- Managed high stakes negotiations and cases in Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean
- Advised major film funds and studios regarding all aspects of their businesses including strategy
- Advised high net worth individuals on issues related to investment, M&A, family management, trust structuring and global tax structure management
Our cases have been written up in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Variety, and many other news outlets.
Our expert network includes individuals from all of the major law firms in their expertise, former US attorneys, members of all major government agencies, senior leaders of the DOD, Special Operations, law enforcement, former Hollywood studio executives, leaders from major banks, and political leaders.
Other Services
We offer business and strategy consulting on an as-needed basis for select clients in the technology, investment, entertainment, and non-profit space. Please contact us for more information.
A more specific list of representative matters and referrals is available in case needed for the representation. Many of our matters are deeply confidential.
OUR Principal
J.D., M.B.A., Pepperdine University
B.A., University of California - Los Angeles
Todd Burns is the principal of BURNSLAW. He has been part of the legal community since 2006 and a member of the Bar. Over the course of his career, he has worked on many significant and public matters across the legal spectrum. He has consulted on hundreds of corporate, government, private equity, hedge fund, entertainment industry-related, films, trading, project finance and non-profit legal matters. In addition, he has been involved in negotiating or analyzing thousands of entertainment industry contracts, commercial contracts, M&A deals, venture capital, corporate and non-profit related transactions. Todd's clients have included many publicly known individuals in business, entertainment, as well as global political leaders, global bestselling authors, professional athletes, professional sports team owners, and many other individuals featured in global news events or at the center of a kinetic crisis.
Todd's studies included work in economics, econometrics, and extensive studies related to political science and media. He is an adjunct professor in media and ethics. In 2006, Todd raised funding while in law school for Mpower Pictures, a film company in Santa Monica and Mpower Media, a technology company in Virginia. Mpower Media was sold to Hulu. Mpower Pictures has won the top awards at the Toronto Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Festival. Todd has produced a number of films, including The Stoning of Soraya M., winner of awards at the Toronto and Los Angeles film festivals. The Stoning of Soraya M. led to a reversal of stoning laws in Iran and throughout the Middle East. In addition, films Todd has mentored such as The Dropbox have caused massive changes in on-the-ground views and values regarding issues of abandoned babies.
After his tenure there, Todd worked in several capacities throughout the world for ultra high net worth family offices working as a "fixer" on non-standard legal and business issues. He also had a practice managing celebrities - including the adventurer Bear Grylls. He ran a corporate/family office for a large Japanese multinational overseeing their operations, philanthropy, and family management.
He sits on over 30 non-profit and for-profit boards. As to for-profit boards, he is focused on defense, technology and private equity. His personal investment company Activist Ventures is active in venture capital. He is passionate about human rights causes. He is the founding Chairman of the board of Liberty in North Korea.
Throughout this time, Todd has worked with select clients on issues in over fifty industries in one hundred and thirty countries related to legal disputes, transactions, controversies, investigations, and business opportunities.
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Del Mar, California