Pepper Law Group offers the kinds of legal and business-affairs services handled in-house at larger studios, production companies, talent agencies and record labels, which allows small and mid-sized entertainment businesses, individual producers, writers and artists to reliably and efficiently out-source their legal and business affairs work.
We handle all legal matters related to the entertainment industry from the creation and acquisition of literary material and its development through financing, production, brand integration and distribution, including the exploitation of re-purposed content and other transmedia opportunities. Our clients include motion picture studios, producers, directors, actors, writers, models, software designers/developers, talent agents and managers, and any company involved with the production, financing or distribution of motion pictures through all existing and new applications and distribution platforms. Examples of our work include:
- Entertainment finance through co-productions, joint ventures and private investment
- Motion picture production and distribution for all existing and new applications and distribution platforms (i.e., theatrical, television, Internet, wireless, telephony, etc.)
- Revenue creation through Internet and new media applications and distribution platforms, and other transmedia opportunities
- International motion picture co-productions/tax credits/rebates
- Protecting rights to intellectual property and content in original and new media applications, including repurposed content and transmedia projects
- Representing and advising creative and technical talent: actors, directors, writers, producers, composers, graphic artists, designers and Web professionals
- Business entity advice and formation
- Domestic and International joint ventures, co-financings and co-productions
- Development and production financing for motion pictures, television, Internet and new media content
- Domestic and foreign content and IP distribution
- Domestic and international television production, syndication, licensing and distribution
- Video and interactive games
- Marketing, advertising and merchandising
- Product placement and brand integration
- Publishing: print, comic book, gothic novel, graphic novel or Internet
We represent filmmakers, musicians, writers, independent record labels, actors, dancers, producers -- anyone involved in the arts and entertainment industry. No matter what kind of deal is on the table.
- We will give you a line-by-line explanation of the contract, and suggest clauses that might be added to protect you.
- We help you keep ownership of your work, making sure you understand what rights you are giving away before you sign.
- We help you maximize your creative opportunities, adding terms that give you financial reward, creative control and greater exposure.
- We protect your business relationships, by doing the (sometimes) dirty work of negotiating the terms of the contract. You are then free to focus on your craft, and to develop positive relationships with the people offering you the deal.
Learn about our legal services for the adult entertainment industry.
Simply contact us, or schedule a consultation with one of our Entertainment Lawyers.