Representative Experience

• Negotiate talent agreements for movie stars, up-and-coming actors and everyone in between.
• Structure agreements for executive producer, producers, show runners and staff members for motion pictures and television.
• Advise and represent clients in rights pertaining to literary, format, and all other forms of rights acquisitions and licenses connected to all media.
• Negotiate employment agreements for entertainment industry executives, talent agents and managers.
• Manage participation audits for celebrities, directors, producers, actors and investors.
• Provide general representation and legal work for a full range of producers, from fledgling companies to major studios in TV and motion pictures.
• Represent composers and music libraries in acquisitions, licenses and general legal concerns.
• Negotiate and draft agreements for licensing, recording, distribution and merchandising for music performers, composers and labels.
• Structure unique, sophisticated multiparty agreements for the creation, licensing, and administration of music to, and on behalf of, independent television production companies.
• Represent video game developers, producers and talent.
• Counsel on online digital components of celebrity television network deals.
• Advise on online and digital components of multiplatform television production/exhibition agreements.
• Manage domain name acquisition, protection, recovery and dispute resolution.
• Represent clients in cybersquatting protection issues and claims.
• Represent various authors of “how to” books, fiction and non-fiction novels and textbooks.
• Negotiate novelization agreements based on motion pictures, television and other media properties.
• Acquire rights for the development, creation and marketing of “coffee table” photo books.
• Negotiate agreements for ghostwriting literary works on behalf of celebrities and others.
• Develop, secure and negotiate agreements in connection with book proposals.
• Comprehensive and strategic counsel on crisis management.
• Provision of complete estate planning services.
• Guidance on incorporations and business formations.

For more information as to the services we provide the Entertainment Industry, please visit our Entertainment Law page and/or contact Matt Galsor.