• January 27, 2026

André Des Rochers Represents Golden Globe Contenders

The New York-based law firm Gray Krauss LLP has chosen to partner with Andre Des Rochers. At the same time, some lawyers from the organization appear at Sundance as production legal advisors and counselors to 12 movies at the festival. Jonathan Gray and Evan Krauss are the primary members of the firm’s Sundance squad. 

 

Gray built the company in 1998 and is frequenting Sundance for his 17th year. Krauss specializes in film, music, and television, forming an alliance with Gray in 2005 after leaving Roberts Ritholz Levy Sanders Chidekel & Fields LLP, an illustrious boutique music agency. André Des Rochers pays attention to filming, new media, music, and television, standing for producers, authors, administrators, and fabricating organizations. 

 

He relocated to Gray Krauss from the international enterprise Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was employed in commercial contractual law. ‘He has brought a noteworthy migration from corporate law to crafting a significant practice in a wide range of amusement business,’ Gray stated. André Des Rochers has had success in matching the gathering at the festival with Ian Stratford and Nicole Compas. 

 

Stratford, onetime head of the media investment consultancy USA Film and Television, has been a Counsel to Gray Krauss, centering on filming and television funding. Compas amalgamated Gray Krauss as an associate from April 2008. André Des Rochers is the founder of Granderson Des Rochers, LLP. He focuses on film and television transactions.

 

In addition, he stands for a wide-ranging array of performers, movie directors, scriptwriters, writers, and producers in celebrated arrangements. Among the entertainment lawyer´s clients have been several Academy Award victors and Golden Globe contenders. Before beginning his business, André Des Rochers initiated his legal career at Shearman & Sterling, LLP, and handled corporate transactional jurisprudence. Subsequently, he became a partner at Gray Krauss Sandler Des Rochers, LLP. He earned his B.A. from Ryerson University and his J.D. from Howard University School of Law.