Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz does

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz is a boutique law firm founded circa 1982 in New York City, originally built to serve the entertainment and arts communities. The firm now provides legal services across entertainment, advertising, intellectual property, technology, litigation, corporate & finance, estate planning, charitable organizations, professional responsibility, and data privacy/security, with offices in New York (28 Liberty Street) and Los Angeles (Century City). Its client base spans Fortune 500 companies, startups, and individuals in industries including entertainment, advertising, technology, healthcare, financial services, automotive, retail, and airlines, with both transactional advisory and complex commercial litigation work — particularly class action defense in privacy, data security, and consumer protection matters.

The firm delivers professional services through direct attorney-client engagements, supported by a thought-leadership ecosystem that includes CLE programs, industry-conference speaking engagements (Cannes, GDC, IAB), email newsletters across ten-plus legal topics, and recognition-driven credibility (Chambers USA 22 consecutive years, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 five-star rating, Variety Legal Impact Report, Hollywood Reporter Power Lawyers). There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is human-delivered legal counsel, with a Technology & Digital Media practice covering AI, blockchain, and adtech matters as subject-matter expertise rather than internal capability development.

The revenue model is professional services billing — hourly rates, fixed fees, or transaction-based arrangements typical of law firms — generated through partner-led client engagements. Ownership is held by partners under a private professional corporation structure (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC) with no parent company, no institutional investors, and no disclosed funding rounds. Distribution is direct sales through the two office locations, supplemented by reputation-based referrals, CLE/training programs, and earned media in trade publications.

Name

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Legal name

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC

Website

https://fkks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz is a New York–based boutique law firm serving Fortune 500 companies, startups, and individuals with legal counsel in entertainment, advertising, intellectual property, technology, litigation, and corporate matters from offices in NYC and Los Angeles.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Billing: Traditional law firm revenue model providing legal services to clients. Services include entertainment law, advertising law, intellectual property, technology, litigation, corporate & finance, estate planning, charitable organizations, professional responsibility and other legal areas. Revenue generated through attorney-client engagements with fee structures typical of law firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz is a boutique law firm providing legal services to clients in entertainment, advertising, intellectual property, technology, litigation, corporate & finance, estate planning, charitable organizations, and professional responsibility. Services are delivered through attorney-client engagements from offices in New York and Los Angeles to Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and individuals worldwide.

Product overview

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz is a boutique law firm, not a technology product company. The firm provides legal services across multiple practice areas including Entertainment Law, Advertising Law, Intellectual Property, Data Strategy/Privacy & Security, Litigation, Corporate & Finance, and Technology & Digital Media. The firm operates offices in New York and Los Angeles, serving clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups and individuals in entertainment, media, advertising, and technology industries. The firm also offers CLE programs as an educational service offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pryor Cashman LLP: Mid-size New York-based law firm with overlapping practices in entertainment, advertising, intellectual property, and litigation. Closest peer in scale, location, and practice-area mix to Frankfurt Kurnit, including similar talent-representation and brand-side advertising work.
• Loeb & Loeb LLP: National law firm with one of the largest dedicated entertainment, media, sports, and advertising law practices in the US. Direct competitor for the same entertainment-talent, advertising, and IP clients, with comparable industry recognition and reputation-driven client acquisition.
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP: Multidisciplinary NY/LA-based firm with strong entertainment, media, advertising, and data privacy practices. Comparable in geographic footprint and in blending regulatory/privacy advisory with traditional legal services for media clients.
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP: Los Angeles-based boutique firm long known for entertainment, intellectual property, and media litigation. Direct peer in the West Coast entertainment bar that competes for the same Hollywood talent, studio, and IP clients served by FKKS's LA office.
• Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz LLP: Smaller New York entertainment boutique from which FKKS's founding LA partner Andrew Hurwitz previously arrived. Competes for similar high-end entertainment talent and IP transactional work in the NY/LA legal markets.

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins LLP: Global BigLaw firm with one of the largest entertainment, media, IP, and privacy/data-security practices. Competes for the largest transactions and class-action defenses while offering global geographic reach that a boutique cannot match.
• Cooley LLP: Silicon Valley-rooted firm with major technology, life sciences, IP, and advertising practices. Overlaps with FKKS on technology and IP mandates for venture-backed and enterprise tech clients.
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Largest US law firm by revenue with deep corporate/M&A, IP, and litigation practices. Competes for high-stakes entertainment M&A and complex litigation matters that could also be handled by boutique entertainment counsel.
• Sullivan & Cromwell LLP: Elite Wall Street firm with premier corporate, M&A, and securities practices. Overlaps with FKKS's Corporate & Finance group for media/tech transactions and represents an alternate counsel choice for larger public-company mandates.
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP: Premier NY-based firm with strong corporate, litigation, and privacy/data-security practices. Competes with FKKS for advisory mandates involving regulated industries, advertising law, and complex commercial litigation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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