NEEMA SAHNI
Partner; Co-Chair, Music Industry Group;
Vice Chair, Sports Industry Group
Covington & Burling LLP
Neema Sahni, partner, co-chair of Covington’s Music Industry Group, and vice chair of the firm’s Sports Industry Group, has built one of the most diverse legal practices serving the sports, media, and entertainment industries and has become a go-to counsel for some of the industry’s biggest names. Through her work at Covington & Burling, and her prior experience in-house at The Walt Disney Company, Sahni has developed a sophisticated understanding of the legal issues facing clients in the sports, media, and entertainment industries.
Alongside an active litigation docket, Sahni maintains a robust counseling and advisory practice, assisting sports teams and leagues, television networks, and film studios to assess and mitigate their litigation risk in the context of high-stakes business transactions. Her clients include Disney and Paramount Global, major sports leagues like the NFL, professional sports teams, media properties like the Pac-12 Network, and major music companies like Sony Music.
