Media and Entertainment
Film and TV
The Film & Television Group advises on all the legal and related issues involved
in the development, production and exploitation of audiovisual material in all forms,
traditional and developing. Our clients include producers, financiers, broadcasters,
distributors, exhibitors and merchandising licensors, television format owners and
creators. We assist the entertainment world in areas of Development, Financing,
Production, Distribution and regular corporate issues.
Our primary focus includes:
- Acquiring option agreement
- Engaging writers
- Negotiating development and first look overhead deals
- Advising on structuring co-productions
- Negotiating equity finance
- Bank financing both pre-sales and debt
- All talent agreements, including directors, producers, artists and composers
- Sales agency agreement, distribution deals
- Advising on shareholder agreements, joint ventures, employee schemes etc in conjunction
with our corporate law practitioners
Music and Publishing
Our depth of knowledge enables us to undertake the most sophisticated and complex
transactions and disputes. We provide both strategic and commercial advice on all
business aspects of our clients' activities. The experience of the team and cross
availing other specialists within the firm in Intellectual Property, entertainment
financing, corporate practice etc enables us to render multidisciplinary teams for
assistance in this sector.
Our primary focus includes:
- Copyright issues
- literary agents’ agreements
- online publishing criteria
- commissioning agreements
- merchandising agreements
- contract publishing agreements
- defamation & privacy disputes
- licensing arrangements
- illustration commissions
- data protection & privacy
- digital distribution agreements
For more information, please contact us at info@chugh.com