Lions Gate Entertainment Taps O’Melveny for New Legal Chief (1)

July 25, 2023, 9:00 AM UTCUpdated: July 25, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., a media and entertainment company preparing to separate its namesake Lionsgate movie studio from its Starz pay television and streaming business, has a new general counsel in veteran film industry executive and former O’Melveny & Myers partner Bruce Tobey.

Tobey’s legal chief position at Lionsgate was disclosed in a July 20 securities filing by the Santa Monica, Calif.-based company known for its popular film franchises “The Hunger Games,” “John Wick,” and the “Twilight Saga.”

In another securities filing this month, Lionsgate revealed its plan to create two independent publicly traded companies. The long-awaited breakup of Lionsgate ...

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