In an entertainment world that increasingly values cross-media knowledge, T&L provides its clients with specialized expertise in virtually all industry areas, ranging from motion pictures, music publishers and producers, publishing companies and media distribution concerns. 

Our entertainment practice developed primarily as a result of our private placement and capital formation practice, as film producers sought T&L’s securities-related expertise in connection with their capital raising activities to finance their productions.  As these clients came to rely on T&L for other non-securities related entertainment law needs, our attorneys developed expertise in the many other legal issues facing creators and distributors of entertainment content and distribution channels.  Since then, our Firm has acted as production counsel to film producers and their production companies in connection with many short and feature length films, handling all aspects of and legal matters related to the production of a film.

The Firm’s entertainment and media practice also handles negotiation and documentation of music licensing, production, distribution and publishing arrangements.

• Production Financing (private placements, pre-sale arrangements)
• Film and music production legal counsel
• Film and music distribution agreements
• Film and music licensing agreements
• Publishing Agreements
• Talent loan-out arrangements
• Talent Agent & Artist Management Agreements
• Screen Actors Guild contracts
• Negotiation of film and music production & distribution agreements

• Representation of an independent film production company in the formation and structuring of a film fund and strategic joint venture and loan-out agreement with a prominent film producer
• Representation of family office in connection with negotiation and documentation of investment in independent film production
• Representation of independent film production company in connection with private placement financing and distribution arrangements for award-winning feature film
• Representation of film production equipment rental concern in connection with financing and licensing arrangements
• Representation of independent hip-hop music artist and production company in connection with financing and launch of album and music videos