Entertainment, sports, and tourism laws covers a wide range of professions and media, including visual entertainment (movies, television, radio); performing arts (theater, music, personal appearances); media (visual arts, publishing, Internet media); and sports, both professional and amateur. An attorney who practices this area of law typically provides legal services such as contract negotiation, contract drafting, agent representation, labor law, merchandising, licensing and regulatory compliance.
Entertainment:
- Contract drafting
- Licenses
- Intellectual property in relation to entertainment
- Film and television agreements and negotiation for all stages of development, production, post-production, delivery and distribution
- Merchandising agreements
- Artist management and representation agreement
- Music agreements and negotiation for various music-related matters such as publishing and recording agreements
- Event management matters and agreements
- Writer agreements and writer-related matters
Sports:
- General legal advice in any sports-related matter
- Drafting of contracts in the field of labour law, transfer of players, image rights, agents’ activity, sponsoring and marketing
- Drafting of expert opinions
- Dispute resolution
Tourism:
- Preparation of and advising on contractual arrangements
- Licenses and permits
- Licensing and franchising arrangements