André Des Rochers is praised in the business world for being a representative of A-list clients and being featured regularly in various publications such as The Hollywood Reporter’s “Power Lawyers.” He launched his legal career at Shearman & Sterling, LLP as a corporate transactional lawyer and then became a partner at Gray Krauss Sandler Des Rochers, LLP. His educational background includes a B.A. from Ryerson University and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law.
At the top of the Sundance team within the company stand Jonathan Gray and Evan Krauss in their capacities as named partners. Gray founded the enterprise in 1998 and has been going to Sundance for 17 years. On the other hand, as André Des Rochers recalls, Krauss had specialized in film, music, and television before he entered the firm alongside Gray in 2005.
This, from Roberts Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP, a notable music agency. André Des Rochers focuses on motion pictures, T.V. shows, music, and brand-new media and stands for producers, scribes, directors, and creation companies.
He changed from the international firm Shearman & Sterling LLP to Gray Krauss in 2005 while exercising corporate transactional law. “André Des Rochers has made a spectacular transition from corporate law to skillfully promoting a wide practice in the different aspects of the entertainment industry,” Gray stated.
Completing the team at the festival are Ian Stratford and Nicole Compas. Previously working as CEO of US Film and Television‘s media investment counseling, Stratford has been Of Counsel to Gray Krauss since early 2008, specifically concentrating on movie and television financing. In addition to André Des Rochers, compass was an associate with Gray Krauss from April 2008.