Our team advises and represents Canadian and American producers, animation and visual effects studios, including several major American studios among the "Big Six". Our lawyers are involved in all stages of the commercialization of entertainment products, whether it be development, financing, production, post-production or distribution.

 

Services offered

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• Financing and co-productions: legal support in financing productions and arrangements for international co-productions.

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• Content Development: Drafting of option agreements or for content development.

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• Production: reviewing scripts and drafting agreements for actors, directors, producers, screenwriters and other collaborators.

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• Postproduction and visual effects: drafting of agreements relating to visual effects and other postproduction services.

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• Distribution: drafting agreements for the distribution of entertainment products on all platforms, including television, cinema and digital media.

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• Shows: drafting of various agreements for the development and distribution of stage shows, including the negotiation of underlying rights and the drafting of agreements with broadcasters.

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• Risk management: review of title chains, analysis of production risks and review of scenarios.

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• Errors and Omissions Insurance: Managing errors and omissions insurance coverage claims for producers and insurers.

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• Relations with guilds: negotiation and application of collective agreements with guilds and artists' associations.

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• Music: negotiation and drafting of agreements in the musical field (recording, management, publishing, exploitation of musical rights) and licenses for the exploitation of musical works.

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• Literary publishing: drafting of agreements relating to the marketing of literary works, including option agreements and agreements with publishers.

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• Artist Representation: Tailor-made legal support to protect and promote artists’ interests.