JillSilfen has been promoted to senior vice president of business and legal affairsat Miramax International, where she will continue to negotiate andimplement international theatrical, homevideo and television licence agreements

Silfenhas worked at the company for two years and joined as vice president ofinternational business and legal affairs.

Priorto Miramax she practised law for 10 years at several Californian firms handlingmostly intellectual property and commercial litigation.

During this time she served as outside counsel for a number of studiosincluding Sony Music, BMG and MGM.