Areas of practice
Entertainment law
From the option on a book to delivery of the finished project, the paperwork is where a project gets made. We handle it for talent, above and below the line, and for producers and production companies.
What we handle
Development through delivery.
Transactional work only. We don’t litigate, and we’ll say so early if a matter needs a different kind of lawyer.
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Development and rights
Option and purchase agreements
Shopping and attachment agreements
Underlying rights and chain of title
Writer, director and producer agreements, including consulting producer, EP and hybrid structures
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Talent deals
Actor, writer, director and crew agreements above and below the line, for the talent or for the production
Deal memos and long-form agreements, including credit and backend
Influencer and brand partnership agreements
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Production
Production legal from pre-production through delivery
Co-production and production services agreements
Financing agreements
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Distribution and guilds
Distribution and sales agreements, domestic and international
Guild and union matters (SAG-AFTRA, WGA, DGA, IATSE)
Participation statements and backend questions after release
Who this is for
Talent, creators and the productions that hire them.
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Talent
Writers, directors, actors, creators and crew who want their own deals read and negotiated by someone who has sat on the other side of them.
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Producers and production companies
Independent producers and production companies without a business affairs department, from development through delivery.
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Creators
Influencers and creators with brand partnership, sponsorship and content deals on the table.