Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Larissa Calva Ruiz is counsel to the Entertainment Group. Her practice covers a range of transactional entertainment work, including film financing matters. She is included in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s "Minority Leaders of Influence: Attorneys" list for 2021 and is recognized by Variety in its 2021 Legal Impact Report. Lawyers of Color named Ms. Calva Ruiz to their 2023 "Wonderful Women" list.

As part of Frankfurt Kurnit’s IP Finance Group, Ms. Calva Ruiz works to facilitate and execute a variety of financing transactions including debt financing, bridge lending, equity investment, mezzanine financing and tax credit lending transactions for production companies, ultra-high net worth individuals, structured funds and other award-winning clients. She represented Sherborne Media Capital in a financing deal for Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall.” She represented Topic Studios in the negotiation of its financing deal with 30WEST for, “The Mauritanian” and oversaw the distribution deals with the BBC and STXfilms for this same project. Additionally, she represented sales agent Autlook Filmsales in a worldwide distribution deal with Neon for the documentary, “The Painter and the Thief” (named best documentary film of 2020 by the BBC and The Washington Post).

Ms. Calva Ruiz continues to grow her presence in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, representing high-profile directors like Michel Franco in connection with his upcoming movie titled Dreams, and Julián de Tavira in connection with his directing services for the acclaimed HBO series Like Water for Chocolate.  She also represents Maquina Vega, a leading production company based in Mexico and LA focused on producing content for Spanish-speaking audiences worldwide. Ms. Calva Ruiz is fully bilingual and provides her legal services to clients in both English and Spanish.

Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Calva Ruiz was a part of the Entertainment Finance team at Akin Gump where she represented financiers and assisted in drafting and negotiating loan agreements and related loan documents for several feature films and televisions shows, including “355,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, “Narcos” and “Orange is the New Black.”

Ms. Calva Ruiz received her law license from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and her LL.M from UCLA School of Law. She is admitted to practice in California, New York and Mexico.