Strategically located throughout the major entertainment capitals of the world, including Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Nashville, New York, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo, our team of lawyers across practice areas are trusted by clients in publishing, film, television, music, streaming media, and gaming for their extensive experience litigating, negotiating, enforcing, and managing some of the industry’s most sensitive, cutting-edge, and high-profile legal matters.
We have represented clients across all facets of the industry such as major studios, broadcast networks, cable and pay television services, streaming media platforms, and music labels, as well as talent agencies, managers, and performing artists.
Media and Entertainment Litigation
With our deep bench strength, we have tackled some of the global entertainment industry’s most complex and high-profile litigation matters. We are well positioned to represent our clients’ interests at every phase of dispute. Our litigation experience includes:
Protecting and enforcing valuable intellectual property rights across content areas, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and rights of publicity.
Providing representation in idea theft claims.
Prosecuting and defending complex disputes over profit participation and contract claims.
Providing representation in sensitive investigations involving claims of misconduct, wrongful termination, discrimination, and other employment claims, while being sensitive to the impact on labor relations.
Prosecuting and defending actions involving First Amendment issues, speech restrictions, defamation, slander, libel, and privacy.
Media and Entertainment Transactions
Leveraging our Corporate practice’s strong transaction experience, we are adept at providing industry-specific advice and counsel to prominent clients across the spectrum of entertainment industry transactions. Our lawyers’ deep understanding of the needs of our industry clients make them well situated to bring a creative approach to transactional issues in the media and entertainment space. We assist with:
Company formation and corporate restructuring through mergers and joint ventures, as well as with managing financial aspects, operational capital, and ongoing business activities.
Crafting and executing licensing deals, technology-related contracts, engagement in capital markets, and strategic acquisition and monetization of company assets.
Forming strategic alliances and overseeing financial transactions relevant to the creation, production, and distribution of content, coupled with monetizing intellectual property internationally in existing and nascent markets.
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Prior to Law No. 2 of 2025 Concerning the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts (New DIFC Courts Law)—a law which consolidates and updates the legal framework of the DIFC Courts—the DIFC Court of Appeal in Carmon Reestrutura-engenharia E Serviços Técnios Especiais, (Su) LDA v Antonio Joao Catete Lopes Cuenda [2024] DIFC CA 003 (Carmon) had confirmed that the DIFC Courts have jurisdiction to issue a freezing order in support of foreign court (or arbitral) proceedings even where the prospective judgment debtor has no assets in the DIFC.
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