About dotted line global
dotted line global is a consultancy established in central London in 2009 to provide legal and business affairs services to the television, film, music and new media industries in London, New York and Los Angeles. It emphasises quality, flexibility, a global perspective and providing good value for money. The founder and owner is Keith Rooney, a qualified lawyer in both the US (New York and California) and the UK with extensive experience in entertainment and intellectual property law in London, New York, Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
Keith previously worked as a lawyer and business affairs executive for the Discovery Channel in London for several years, servicing Discovery’s networks in the UK, the US, EMEA, Asia and Latin America. Prior to that, Keith worked for the Discovery Channel in its US headquarters office; for MGM and Berry Gordy (the founder of Motown) in Los Angeles; and for Roxy Pictures, an independent film production company in New York. He has also worked for the BBC in London as a Legal & Business Affairs Manager and spent several years in private practice specialising in entertainment and intellectual property law at the law firms, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro and Leopold, Petrich & Smith, in Los Angeles.
Keith has a BA in English & Classics from Stanford University, an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University Film School and a JD from Columbia University Law School, and is currently pursuing an LLM in Media Law at the University of London.
He is a member of the New York and California Bars and a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.
Unless otherwise arranged with the client, all work at dotted line global is directly handled by Keith; no work is outsourced or assigned.