Practice Areas 

• Advice on feature film, television/streaming and online productions (including development, finance, production (cast, crew, clearances, locations) and distribution)

• Production funding and incentives (including Producer Offset, Location Offset and PDV Offset)

• Production cashflow lending and securities

• TV, radio, podcast and other media talent deals

• Music licensing and clearance procedures

• US Studio and offshore production contracting

• Advising on and dealing with labour relations and agreements with local unions/guilds

• Trade marks and copyright licensing

• Consumer product licensing and merchandising

• Stage and live events

• IT licensing contracts in all new media

• Reputation protection

• Endorsements

• Chain of title, both for original works and when optioning pre-existing works

• Format licensing and distribution