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Corporate & Commercial
We advise production companies and their founders on the corporate side of making screen content: setting up the right company structure, raising private loans and investment, and meeting their duties as directors.
Talk to us
Tell us about your project, and we’ll talk you through how we can help.
How we help
- Setting up production companies and SPVs
- Shareholder and investor agreements for production companies
- Loan structures for production companies seeking private loans
- Private investment agreements
- Directors’ duties
- Resolving disputes when a director exits the company
When to call us
- You are setting up a production company or SPV
- You are raising a private loan or bringing in investors
- You want to understand your duties as a director
- A director is leaving the company and there is a dispute about their exit
Common questions
Should I set up a new company for each production?
Commonly, yes. A production SPV ring-fences each project’s rights, contracts and liabilities, simplifies offset claims and makes it easier for financiers to take security.
What should a shareholders’ agreement cover?
Decision-making, funding obligations, ownership of IP, what happens if someone wants to leave, deadlocks and how shares are valued and transferred. It is far easier to agree these at the start.
What duties do directors of a production company have?
Directors must act with care and diligence, in good faith in the best interests of the company and for a proper purpose, avoid conflicts of interest and not let the company trade while it is insolvent. These duties apply to a production SPV just as they do to any other company.