Madison Square Garden Spin-off Snags Former MGM Legal Chief (1)

The Madison Square Garden Co.’s recent split has resulted in a new top lawyer for the successor company that owns live entertainment assets like its famous namesake arena and New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Scott Packman, a former general counsel at entertainment company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. who last summer became in-house legal chief at independent television studio Sonar Entertainment Inc., will be executive vice president and general counsel for Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. as of July 1.

MSG Entertainment announced late Monday its hire of Packman, who began his legal career in the mid-1990s as an associate at ...