Sean Monroe is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Entertainment & Media practices, based in the Century City office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Monroe's experience is in complex mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, and corporate finance transactions, including fund formation and investments, portfolio company acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and restructurings, venture capital and early-stage formation and investment transactions, and executive employment and compensation structures. He has particular expertise in advising entertainment and media clients in all aspects of transactions in these industries, including motion picture financings, television business acquisitions and investments, digital and new media venture formations, and other investment, disposition, and licensing matters involving these businesses.

Mr. Monroe has been recognized as a Hollywood Power Lawyer by The Hollywood Reporter, has been featured in Variety’s Legal Impact Report, and was named among the Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

His entertainment and media clients include motion picture and television studios, entertainment finance companies, high-net-worth investors, producers, and executives in the entertainment, media, and sports industries. In addition, he frequently represents producers, financiers, and distributors of digital content, private equity and hedge funds, and early-stage and venture-backed companies and startups. His non-entertainment clients include global financial services providers, mid-stream energy operators, real estate development and acquisition companies, family offices, and investment advisors providing third-party fairness and solvency opinions.

Ancillary to his core practice, Mr. Monroe also has extensive experience with federal and state securities laws and regulations, state corporate laws, and general corporate matters and corporate governance, with related experience in tax, intellectual property, employee benefits, ERISA, environmental, and bankruptcy practice areas.

• The Legal 500, M&A: Large Deals $1Bn+ (2023)
• Named among the Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal, 2020
• Named to Variety’s Legal Impact Report, 2020
• Named to The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers list, 2019
• Named a Variety Dealmaker, 2018-2020
• Recognized by The Legal 500 US in the area of Sports, Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Telecoms and Broadcast, 2012, 2019-2020

• Berkeley Law, University of California, J.D., 1996; Articles Editor, California Law Review
• Georgetown University, B.A., 1992