Our Practice

We are a boutique entertainment transactional firm. Our work includes the preparation and negotiation of a wide range of entertainment and related agreements, the counseling of clients to obtain copyright and trademark protection, formation of companies and registration to do business, due diligence and negotiation of purchase and sale of intellectual property assets.

We provide high-caliber, personalized legal services for clients involved in the development, creation, and distribution of content for the entertainment, media and technology industries.

Following is a representative list of some of the matters we handle for our clients.

• Film Financing Agreements
• Digital and physical distribution agreements
• Production legal services for film and television
• Music licenses for digital downloads, internet streaming, video games, film, television and commercials
• Joint venture and profit participation agreements
• Loan agreements secured by intellectual property
• Software licenses and mobile application development agreements
• Recording contracts
• Producer agreements
• Collaboration agreements for screenwriters and songwriters
• Releases for performers
• Music publishing agreements
• Composer agreements for film and television
• Soundtrack agreements
• Visual artist exhibition and gallery consignment agreements
• Option and literary purchase agreements
• Merchandise licensing
• Employment agreements
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Facilities and venue agreements
• Video production agreements
• Photography agreements
• Artwork and graphic design agreements
• Talent Representation
• Negotiations of actor, writer, director, executive producer and producer agreements, literary rights agreements, recording contracts, music publishing agreements, on-air celebrity agreements, endorsements and sponsorship agreements
• Management agreements
• Live performance agreements
• Negotiations of contract releases
• Company formation
• Partnership agreements
• Shareholder agreements
• Executive employment agreements
• Purchase and sale of music catalogs (recording and publishing) and related due diligence
• Mergers and acquisitions
• General counsel services for companies
• Copyright registrations, licensing, searches and opinions
• Trademark registrations, licensing, searches and opinions
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Cease and desist letters
• Litigation management of intellectual property disputes
• Anti-counterfeiting programs
• International copyright and trademark matters