Practice focuses on entertainment and media.
Represents financial institutions, mezzanine investors, production companies and equity providers in entertainment financing and co-financing related to motion pictures, television and digital platforms.
Partner in charge of the Los Angeles office.

Alissa Miller advises a variety of clients in the entertainment and media industry, including borrowers, distributors, studios, independent production companies, equity investors, high-net-worth individuals, completion guarantors and others involved in a broad range of entertainment-related transactions, with a focus on media finance and distribution. She also advises film and television clients in connection with tax-advantaged financing and co-production arrangements.

Representative Work

Advising MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as agent and lender with respect to all past and ongoing matters on a secured revolving credit facility providing up to $150 million of borrowing base financing to a U.S. producer.
Representing MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as agent and lender with respect to all past and ongoing matters on a secured revolving credit facility providing up to CAD$25 million of borrowing base financing to a Canadian distributor.
Acting for MUFG Union Bank, N.A. as agent and lender with respect to all past and ongoing matters on a secured revolving credit facility providing up to $50 million of borrowing base financing to a U.S. distributor.
Advising Comerica Bank as agent and lender with respect to all past and ongoing matters with respect to two separate senior secured revolving credit facilities for A24.
Acting on behalf of Bank of America as agent and lender on all past and ongoing matters on a secured revolving credit facility providing up to $35 million of borrowing base financing to a U.S. distributor and producer.

"She is consistently on top of issues and offers invaluable legal expertise. She is a big part of why we continue to use the firm."

Chambers USA, 2021

Education
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2001
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, magna cum laude, 1998

Bar Admissions
California

Recognitions

Los Angeles Times, Banking and Finance Visionary, 2022 and 2024.
Los Angeles Times, Legal Visionary, 2021 and 2023.
Los Angeles Business Journal, Thriving in Their 40s, 2020.
Chambers USA, Media & Entertainment: Transactional, 2020 to 2023.
Variety, “Legal Impact Report,” 2017, 2019 to 2021, 2023 and 2024.
The Legal 500 US, Media & Entertainment, 2017 to 2018, and Media and entertainment: transactional, 2019 to 2020 and 2022-2023.
Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Most Influential Women Lawyers” list, 2019
Variety, “Dealmakers Impact Report,” 2016, 2019 and 2020, 2022.
Recognized as “Up Next” in Variety magazine’s “Dealmakers Impact Report” distinguishing attorneys who played a role in significant showbiz deals of the past year, 2013.