Film & Audiovisual
From the writing of the screenplay to the exploitation of the work, every stage of a film or audiovisual project raises specific legal questions: inter-professional agreements governing the terms of engagement of screenwriters, directors and performing artists; constraints related to copyright and neighbouring rights; legal and financial structuring of financing arrangements; regulations concerning public funding, and more.
Producers, distributors, private investors, SOFICAs, authors, performing artists, agents and other partners: each intervenes at one or more stages of the production and exploitation of a work, with diverging interests but a shared concern to achieve the best possible outcome.
We support these stakeholders in structuring their projects, negotiating and optimising the financial terms of their agreements, drafting contracts relating to the development, production and exploitation of works, as well as in the protection of their rights.
Our objectives
- Guide you in structuring your projects to help you identify and engage the right partners.
- Support you in the negotiation and optimisation of the commercial terms of your agreements, drawing on our experience and privileged access to market conditions and industry practices.
- Assist you in drafting your agreements in order to secure your rights and define the scope of your obligations.
- Advise you at every stage of the development, production and exploitation of your projects.
Our Strengths
- A genuine ability to speak the same language as our clients, understand their artistic as well as legal challenges, and support them with the responsiveness and precision that production demands.
- An in-depth knowledge of the workings of the legal departments of major independent film and series production companies, combined with significant experience within international law firms.
- A thorough command of the realities of production, financing constraints, production schedules, and relationships with all partners.
- An intimate understanding of the creative process that informs every piece of legal advice we provide.
