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Copyright and Media Law (TV, film and entertainment) 

Advising national and international film and television projects (cinema, TV, streaming; fictional and factual) on all aspects of

• rights clearance, development, and structuring
• financing (equity, debt, public funding) and collateralisation
• insurance and production
• exploitation and distribution chains, including the exploitation of ancillary rights (music, merchandising, games, etc.)

Clients (national and international) include talents, production and distribution companies, film studios, service providers, television channels, banks, financiers, insurance companies and public funding bodies.

Structured finance in the field of intangible assets

• Transaction support, contractual arrangements and the provision of security in the context of project financing (film, TV and music) and corporate finance (IP, Finance).
• Clients, both German and international, include production and distribution companies, film studios, television channels, banks, financiers, insurance companies and public bodies.

Music Law

• Advising film projects on all music-related legal matters (including clearance of pre-existing music, commissioning and exploitation of score music, etc.)
• Advising on catalogue acquisition agreements for major labels, publishers, producers, and music authors
• Contract drafting across the full spectrum of music law (publishing agreements, edition agreements, establishment of publishing houses and labels), as well as in the development and execution of music productions

Copyright and Media Law

• Advising on national and international M&A transactions with a focus on copyright and neighbouring rights (asset and share deals)
• Contract drafting and legal advice for authors and exploiters in copyright-related matters
• Press and personality rights: advising on the protection of personality rights and representing clients in judicial and extrajudicial disputes relating to freedom of expression and personality rights
• Contentious enforcement of copyright, exploitation, and other neighbouring rights

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Legal advice for creators, established media companies, and start-ups in connection with AI-based solutions, in particular on issues of copyright law, personality rights, and regulatory law.

Sustainability Law

Advising public and private cultural institutions as well as material initiatives on legal issues relating to the implementation of circular economy concepts, in particular public budget law, public funding law, procurement law, waste law, and copyright law.