Ms. Layton represents clients in the franchise, distribution, and hospitality industries in mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, and regulatory compliance. She also assists private equity clients with corporate work, including negotiating and drafting purchase agreements and reviewing commercial contracts.
Ms. Layton previously gained valuable experience at an AmLaw 100 law firm and as in-house counsel for a global media company, where she handled risk assessment, provided copyright and fair-use analysis, drafted myriad digital, international, and trademark licensing agreements and television and publishing agreements, and managed litigation, and outside counsel.