STEVE TSONEFF
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Steve Tsoneff has more than two decades of experience advising content producers, distributors and financiers in a variety of media and entertainment transactions, with a focus on the production, licensing and distribution of audiovisual content and various approaches to the financing of such content, including single-project, slate, corporate and co-financing transactions.
In January 2022, Tsoneff returned to Gibson Dunn after serving as general counsel and head of business affairs for the entertainment production company Madison Wells Media, where he was a member of the core management team leading the company’s development, production and financing activities across film, television, live stage, video games/VR, podcasting and digital media. He previously served as the co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Media, Entertainment and Technology Practice Group. Since rejoining Gibson Dunn, Tsoneff has leveraged his unique insight into the inner workings of the entertainment business to provide specialized and pragmatic advice to his industry clients.
