Attorney
Jonathan Galst has extensive legal and business experience in the sports, media, and entertainment industries, representing sports leagues, content rights acquirers and distributors, production companies, and marketing agencies. Jonathan regularly supports his clients in the planning, structuring, and negotiation of a wide variety of commercial agreements, including those for live game telecast rights, network affiliation, content distribution, sponsorships, consumer products licensing, marketing, television production development and licensing, talent, and live events. Over the course of his career, with a focus on creative deal-making to overcome obstacles designed to ensure successful long-term relationships for his clients, Jonathan has worked on some of the biggest rights deals in all of sports and media, handling agreements with major television networks, Fortune 500 companies, cable and satellite distributors, digital platforms, documentary producers, and boxing promoters.
Jonathan began his career at the law firm of Covington & Burling, where his clients included, among others, the NFL. Jonathan graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from New York University School of Law, and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School. Jonathan is an avid Mets fan, who also enjoys golf and crossword puzzles. He is married and has two adult sons.
Key Experience
- Senior Vice President, Business Affairs for HBO
- Vice President and Senior Media Counsel for the National Football League
- Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs & Deputy General Counsel for NBA Properties, Inc.
- Chief Business and Operations Officer for Improbable Media
- Associate, Covington & Burling
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D.
University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School, B.A. and B.S.E.
Sectors and Services
Credentials
New York