Variety called Ara's work on matters related to Disney's US$71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets a "landscape altering deal." Editors also highlighted his other recent work for such notable clients as South Korea's CJ Entertainment, eSports startup Vindex, Storybots in its sale to Netflix as well as SunTrust and City National Bank.

Ara, based in Los Angeles, has been involved in a multitude of transactions throughout the world in both traditional media and emerging technologies, representing media companies, financiers and industry participants of all types in financing and strategic entertainment industry transactions. He advises feature film studios, television networks, production companies, Internet and mobile-based content producers and distributors in corporate transactions as well as in the development, production and distribution of feature films, television programs and digital content.

DLA Piper's market-leading international team of media, sport and entertainment lawyers, located throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, advise on finance, borrowing, investment and corporate issues, production and rights acquisitions, exploiting media rights, staging and exploiting live sports and other events, intellectual property protection and enforcement, regulatory and administrative issues, antitrust and competition law, stadium and arena development and on the resolution of disputes.