Greg Akselrud

Partner
Chair of the Internet, Digital Media & Entertainment Practice

Education

  • B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
  • J.D., Loyola Law School - graduated cum laude

Greg Akselrud is a Founder and Partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He Chairs the firm’s Internet, Digital Media and Entertainment Practice Group and focuses his practice on corporate and business matters, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital and emerging growth companies.

Greg represents founders, companies, and investors across a range of industries, including entertainment, digital media, internet, technology, software, mobile, and consumer-facing businesses. He advises clients throughout the full lifecycle of their companies, from formation and early-stage financing to strategic transactions and exits, bringing a practical, business-focused approach at each stage of growth.

His practice includes advising on venture capital and growth equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other complex strategic transactions. He also regularly structures and negotiates a wide range of commercial agreements, particularly those involving content, technology, licensing, and brand partnerships, with a focus on businesses operating in digital and entertainment-driven markets.

Greg works closely with founders, executives, and investors on both strategic transactions and day-to-day corporate matters, providing clear, actionable guidance aligned with each client’s business objectives in fast-moving and highly competitive industries.

In addition to his practice, Greg has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he taught Business Planning I: Financing the Start-Up Business and Venture Capital Financing.

  • Acting as strategic counsel to individuals in the entertainment, digital media and sports industries (such as actors, directors, producers, music artists, athletes and digital influencers), and to film, television and digital media production companies, representing their interests in investment transactions, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions
  • Advising early stage and middle market companies, and venture capital firms, on a variety of matters, including venture capital and other financings, employee compensation, securities laws compliance, software licensing and other technology transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and other general corporate matters
  • Advising entertainment, digital media, Internet, technology, software and mobile clients in a variety of matters arising on the Internet or on mobile platforms, including, with respect to content licensing and exploitation, Internet advertising and other revenue generating transactions (such as co-marketing and co-branding), and general website matters (such as the preparation of terms of use or service and privacy policies, and compliance with the digital millennium copyright act)
  • Structuring commercial transactions and joint ventures worldwide (including Europe, Latin America and Asia) for the purpose of licensing software (and mobile applications), digital content and technology
  • Admitted to practice law in the State of California
  • Thomson Reuters - Super Lawyers - 2020 - Present
  • Variety's Legal Impact Report (2023 - 2024)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2023, 2025, 2026) Entertainment Law, Motion Pictures & Television
  • Variety's Dealmakers Impact Report (2021 - 2024)

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