Sam A. Kozhaya is a transactional attorney in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP. Mr. Kozhaya's practice focuses primarily on media and entertainment finance, bankruptcy, and corporate matters. He regularly advises private equity funds, investment and commercial banks and studios in entertainment related transactions, including M&A transactions, leveraged acquisition financings, asset securitizations, production financings, co-financings and other debt and equity financings.

Mr. Kozhaya represents studios, production companies, video games publishers and developers and financiers in connection with development, production and licensing agreements. He also handles general corporate matters, including fund formation, M&A transactions and general corporate governance.

Mr. Kozhaya has substantial experience counseling clients in a wide array of bankruptcy matters, including complex intellectual property/executor contract issues, non-consolidation/true transfer issues, subordination issues and fraudulent transfer issues.