Carly Trainor - a Los Angeles, TN (CA) Corporate Lawyer

Los Angeles Corporate Lawyer

Updated: 02/28/2026

Areas of Practice

Corporate
Music
Entertainment

Attorney Information

Overview

Carly Trainor is an associate in the firm’s entertainment and corporate departments. She represents artists, companies, investors and executives in transactions throughout all stages of the business lifecycle (including joint ventures, commercial transactions, strategic partnerships, equity financings and M&A). She also counsels companies on general corporate matters, such as entity formation and governance, equity incentive programs and engaging and terminating executives and other service providers.

Prior to joining the firm, Carly practiced for many years with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP’s Entertainment & Media transactional practice group. Carly began her career at Venable LLP and moved with her Venable team to open Willkie’s Los Angeles office in 2021.

While most of Carly’s clients’ deals are confidential, Carly’s publicly reported experience* includes her serving as the sole or primary associate in her firm’s representation of:

Create Music Group, a music technology company, in its acquisition of Monstercat, a Canadian electronic music record label
Ryan Reynolds in his brand ambassador deal with Mint Mobile, an MVNO
Content Partners, an entertainment investment company, in its acquisition of film and television content and profit participations therein
Jeremy Renner in his brand ambassador deal with Sweet Grass Vodka
REP 1 Football, an NFL player agency, in its sale to Excel Sports Management
Shamrock Capital, an entertainment investment company, in its investment in Boardwalk Pictures, a production company

*Prior to joining KHPS.

In her spare time, Carly loves to run, surf and (poorly) play guitar.

Education

Legal Education
- University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 2019
  J.D.
  Honors: Masin Family Academic Excellence – Gold Award – D&O Liability Insurance
  Honors: Masin Family Academic Excellence – Silver Award – Taxation of Business Enterprises
  Honors: Masin Family Academic Excellence – Silver Award – Business Torts
Non Legal Education
- Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 2014
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

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Associate
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Published Works

Articles

The Business Case for Boardroom Heterogeneity, University of Iowa College of Law’s Journal of Gender, Race & Justice (Dec. 1, 2020)
Inspiration to Infringement: Copyright Issues in Scripted Entertainment Inspired by Song Lyrics, Music Connection Magazine (Jan. 28, 2020)
California Allows Production to Resume June 12, Subject to County Rules, Lexology (Jun. 9, 2020)
Nasdaq Proposes New Listing Requirements for Board Diversity, Lexology (Dec. 7, 2020)
Industry Task Force Proposes Guidelines to Restart Production in California and New York, Lexology (Jun. 3, 2020)
New California Law Mandates Diversity on Public Company Boards, Lexology (Oct. 5, 2020)

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Contact

Los Angeles, CA

1900 Avenue of the Stars
Twenty Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067 - 4506

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Phone: 310-282-8994

Fax: 310-282-8903

Email: Send a message

Website: https://www.khpslaw.com

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