Usman Shaikh

Usman Shaikh is the founder and managing attorney of the U.S. Law Group, whose practice focuses on Corporate, Entertainment, and Intellectual Property.

Usman takes a business-minded, interdisciplinary approach to representing his clients, which include entrepreneurs, tech startups, financiers, producers and production companies, new media companies, creative talent, and fashion designers. Usman brings his solid relationships with key executives and businesses in diverse industries to client representation, leveraging these relationships to create deal-making opportunities for his clients.

Usman began his legal career over a decade ago as a corporate attorney at the New York offices of the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP and, eventually, moved on to the Wall Street firm of Seward & Kissel LLP.

During his time in New York, Usman worked on a wide range of corporate transactions in Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Securities, Secured Lending, and Structured Finance.

Before forming the U.S. Law Group, Usman was at ICM Partners, one of the leading talent agencies in Hollywood, where he worked with business affairs in negotiating and structuring talent, production, and financing deals and gained invaluable experience in the entertainment deal-making process.

In addition to managing the U.S. Law Group, Usman devotes his time to numerous local charities in Los Angeles Usman is also a member of and panel attorney for California Lawyers for the Arts.

Usman is often a guest speaker, panelist, and lecturer on digital and new media topics.