Business Affairs and Production Legal: Getting Your Idea from Paper to Screen
Serving Production Companies and Independent Producers
We offer a wide range of services to meet your production demands. Whether your project is a scripted union series, a reality docu-drama or an MOW, we are beside you to assist during all stages of development and production. Below is a sampling of the services we offer:
Development
We provide intellectual property vetting and risk assessment (copyright and trademark), as well as deftly negotiate and draft the following to help you get your project off the ground:
Overall Development Deals
Writer Agreements (WGA and non-WGA)
Director Agreements (DGA and non-DGA)
Talent Agreements (SAG and non-SAG), including Holding Agreements
Producer-For-Hire and Showrunner agreements
Production Services Agreements
Acquisition of Literary, Stage and Life Rights/Option Agreements
Co-Production Agreements (including Canadian Co-Productions)
License Agreements
Format Rights Agreements
Pre-production
Once you are greenlit, we help you lay the foundation for your production:
Crew Deal Memos
Test Option Agreements
Participant Agreements
Reviewing and Vetting Background and Medical Checks, as well as Psychological Evaluations for casting purposes
O-1 Documentation and other Immigration-related issues
Insurance Procurement (E&O and General Liability)
Minors Employment Issues (including set up of Coogan Accounts)
Production
During this most challenging phase, we remain on call for you to do the following:
Trade-out, Product Placement and Integration Agreements
Guest Releases and Photo Likeness Releases
Location and Lease Agreements
Vendor Agreements
Rights and Clearances
Securing or Facilitating Payments to Talent and Crew
Post-Production
You're almost across the finish line at this point, but we are still beside you in the home stretch:
Pre-broadcast Review of Rough and Fine Cuts
Negotiation and Drafting of Marketing and Promotion Agreements
Assessing Potential and Existing Intellectual Property Claims
We offer a wide range of services to meet your production demands. Whether your project is a scripted union series, a reality docu-drama or an MOW, we are beside you to assist during all stages of development and production. Below is a sampling of the services we offer:
Development
We provide intellectual property vetting and risk assessment (copyright and trademark), as well as deftly negotiate and draft the following to help you get your project off the ground:
Overall Development Deals
Writer Agreements (WGA and non-WGA)
Director Agreements (DGA and non-DGA)
Talent Agreements (SAG and non-SAG), including Holding Agreements
Producer-For-Hire and Showrunner agreements
Production Services Agreements
Acquisition of Literary, Stage and Life Rights/Option Agreements
Co-Production Agreements (including Canadian Co-Productions)
License Agreements
Format Rights Agreements
Pre-production
Once you are greenlit, we help you lay the foundation for your production:
Crew Deal Memos
Test Option Agreements
Participant Agreements
Reviewing and Vetting Background and Medical Checks, as well as Psychological Evaluations for casting purposes
O-1 Documentation and other Immigration-related issues
Insurance Procurement (E&O and General Liability)
Minors Employment Issues (including set up of Coogan Accounts)
Production
During this most challenging phase, we remain on call for you to do the following:
Trade-out, Product Placement and Integration Agreements
Guest Releases and Photo Likeness Releases
Location and Lease Agreements
Vendor Agreements
Rights and Clearances
Securing or Facilitating Payments to Talent and Crew
Post-Production
You're almost across the finish line at this point, but we are still beside you in the home stretch:
Pre-broadcast Review of Rough and Fine Cuts
Negotiation and Drafting of Marketing and Promotion Agreements
Assessing Potential and Existing Intellectual Property Claims
