Roxanne E. Christ
Partner
Latham & Watkins

Roxanne Christ is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Corporate Department. She is Global Co-Chair of the firm's Technology Transactions practice. Ms. Christ's practice focuses on intellectual property and media transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property portfolios; commercial loans secured by copyrights, patents and trademarks; securitizations of receivables arising from copyrighted works; and licensing and strategic alliance agreements. Ms. Christ has represented companies in a variety of industries, including video game development and publishing, social networking sites, music, print publishing and software.

Ms. Christ was recently recognized in the 2008 and 2009 Legal 500 US guides as a leading attorney in Technology, video and online gaming corporate advice and the Legal 500 US: Volume II - Intellectual Property, Media, Technology & Telecoms. In the 2009 Chambers US guide, Ms. Christ is "considered by clients to be one of the leaders in the burgeoning video game industry." Ms. Christ is Co-Chair of the Publications Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Computer Gaming and Virtual Worlds. Ms. Christ is also an adjunct professor of the Laws of Video Games and Virtual Worlds at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and regularly provides pro bono services to StoryCorps, creator of Sound Portraits.