Our Team
Jason Markham
Jason is an authority in international media and corporate transactions, with more than two decades of experience advising global media companies, sports leagues, and distribution platforms on complex rights agreements and internal investigations.
He counsels clients on both transactional and strategic litigation matters related to exclusive media rights and other corporate agreements, developing practical, business-focused solutions. His interdisciplinary practice—grounded in experience with cross-border M&A and finance transactions in Latin America—enables him to craft integrated strategies that address legal, regulatory, and operational challenges across emerging markets.
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Jason’s representative work includes strategic media rights and cross-border transactions involving U.S. and international media companies, sports leagues and private equity funds. His matters often involve joint ventures, acquisitions, and long-term distribution and content licensing relationships. He co-founded the firm with Scott in 2023. Earlier in his career, he served as in-house programming counsel at DIRECTV and practiced at Cleary Gottlieb, where he advised on capital markets, M&A, and sovereign debt restructurings. Prior to law school, Jason worked for the U.S. State Department and taught English in a public school in Santiago, Chile.​ He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Cornell University.​
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Scott Wilsdon
Scott Wilsdon is a co-founding partner of Broadcast Counsel, focusing on intellectual property and media litigation. Scott has been counsel of record in over 280 federal court cases, serving as national litigation counsel for technology and entertainment clients, including Fortune 100 companies, in intellectual property cases in courts across the country. He has represented clients in matters involving copyright and trademark infringement, satellite signal theft, unauthorized computer access (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act), misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair business practices.
Past and current clients have included Getty Images, DIRECTV, News Corp., Microsoft, Apple, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Scott worked earlier in his career with Morrison & Foerster; and was a partner at Culp, Guterson & Grader and Yarmuth Wilsdon. He clerked for the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. He is admitted to practice in Washington and California, holds a B.A. from Stanford University, and earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
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