Melanie Rupp-Gufler

Melanie Rupp-Gufler is a Foreign Legal Consultant in the Entertainment, Media and Technology Practice Group in the firm’s Century City office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Rupp-Gufler concentrates her transactional practice in the entertainment and media industry, assisting international and U.S. entertainment and media companies with all aspects of the development, production, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures. She has also worked on a number of new media transactions and assisted clothing manufacturers with various transactional matters.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Ms. Rupp-Gufler practiced for several years as an associate in Vienna, Austria, focusing on intellectual property, e-commerce, corporate and European Union law. Her native language is German.

Education

• LL.M, special emphasis on entertainment law and art law, University of California Los Angeles, 2002; Articles Editor, UCLA Entertainment Law Review
• Magister Iuris, University of Vienna Faculty of Law, Vienna, Austria, 2000

Clerkships

• Civil Court of Appeal and District Court for the 22nd District, Vienna, Austria

Admissions

• California (Pending)
• New York

Languages

• German
• Italian

Articles

• Co-author, E-Commerce and the Law of Digital Signatures, Chapter Austria (2005)

Fashion & Apparel Law Blog Articles

• "New Cargo Screening Requirement Could Import High Costs To Fashion and Apparel Industry", October 15, 2007
• "Conscious Fashion", June 1, 2007
• "Zero Tolerance For Size Zero", April 16, 2007