Darin Chavez has 20 years of experience as a business attorney and advisor, specializing in representing individuals, entrepreneurs and companies in corporate, media, entertainment, sports, technology and licensing transactions and is currently a named partner at Tricarico Chavez, LLP, a boutique entertainment and business law firm. A core aspect of Darin’s practice involves serving as general counsel and business advisor for many of his clients, including various start-up companies, wherein he oversees all major business initiatives and transactions, including joint ventures and strategic partnerships, financings, entertainment, technology and on-line undertakings, intellectual property creation, registration, protection and licensing, executive compensation matters and board and investor relations.An accomplished attorney in international name, image and likeness brand licensing, Mr. Chavez has closed a multitude of deals for clients with companies such as WalMart, Coke, Planet Fitness, Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group, BestBuy, Target, Mattel, Hasbro, Franco, Cherokee, EA, NBA2K, Konami, Allergan, Novartis, Panini, Nike, Adidas, NBA, NFL, MLB, UFC, Authentic Brands Group, The Bruce Lee Estate, Tetris Gaming and various other publishing, media, consumer goods, manufacturing and distribution companies and retailers. In his capacity as a sports lawyer, Darin spent many years representing basketball players overseas, and is credited for closing naming rights deals, commercial endorsement and sponsorship arrangements with teams and players, and assisting in the formation of Argentina’s first basketball school, which has produced Olympic, National Team and professional basketball players. Darin has represented various NBA players, coaches and management, as well as current and retired professional athletes in a variety of sports, including his current representation of the NBA’s all time leading scorer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From 2005 to 2013, Darin served as outside general counsel for Anastasia Beverly Hills, an international cosmetics company. During his tenure at Anastasia Beverly Hills, Darin was responsible for implementing a wide-range of new business initiatives and consummating deals involving the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of the Anastasia-branded products and services. Among others, Darin oversaw and closed US transactions with Nordstrom, Sephora, and Dillards, as well as, oversees transactions with numerous retailers, agencies and distributors spanning the globe. Darin was also responsible for engaging numerous celebrities to promote the brand and the coordination of supporting programs and events, including some of the industry’s first social media influencer activations. Prior to Tricarico Chavez LLP, Darin practiced in the entertainment department of the Los Angeles office of Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP (KMR), a national law firm based in Chicago, and as an associate at the boutique talent entertainment firm Pierce Gorman LLP, where he represented athletes, actors, writers and musicians, and split his time between Los Angeles and Italy. An author of several articles on entertainment law, intellectual property law and sports law, Darin was a major contributor and researcher on UCLA’s Network Television Violence Monitoring Project, and in 1995, 1996 and 1997, was responsible for issuing annual reports to the television networks and Congress. His contribution to this project was recognized by President Clinton and resulted in a rating system for television programming and video games. Additionally, Darin is credited as an executive producer for packaging or creating such television series as "Being Bobby Brown", "HomeTeam", “American Revolutionaries” and “Street Art Throwdown,” as well as associate producer and production legal credits in various film and TV projects. (For a full list of credits, please see Darin Chavez’s IMDB bio at IMDB.com) Darin earned his bachelor of arts degree from UCLA and his juris doctor from Columbia Law School.