Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP
Roger Goff
Partner | Los Angeles
Roger Goff is a partner with Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, LLP. For over 20 years, Mr. Goff has served as a legal counselor, business advisor and dealmaker, primarily on behalf of privately held entertainment companies. He has extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, finance, music and film production, distribution, licensing and corporate law.
Practice Groups
Areas of Practice
Entertainment Business
- Purchase and sale of privately held entertainment companies
- New entertainment ventures
- License or transfer of entertainment assets
Film Industry
- Film finance
- Film production
- Film distribution
Music Industry
- Recording agreements
- Music licensing and distribution
- Publishing
Entertainment Technology & Digital Media
- Technology licensing agreements
- Digitial content production
- Digital distribution
General Business & Corporate
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Finance, including private placements and major loan transactions
- Manufacturing and distribution agreements
- Strategic planning
Education
- Juris Doctor (1987), cum laude, Loyola Law School of Los Angeles
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles
Memberships
- Member of the State Bar of California
Honors & Outside Activities
- American Jurisprudence award for outstanding achievements in Contract Law, Mediation and Mental Disability Law
- Executive Editor of the Loyola International Law Journal
- Member of the Order of the Coif
- Member of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society
- Member of Loyola Marymount University School of Film & Television Arts Council
- Associate Member of National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
- Frequent lecturer for CEB, Lorman and other MCLE providers on Mergers & Acquisitions, LLC’s and other topics relating to corporate and entertainment law