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Film & Television
From conception to exploitation, we provide tailored advice on financing, developing, producing and distributing your project.
We have sat on the producer’s side of the table, so our advice is built around getting the deal closed and the project made.
Talk to us
Tell us about your project, and we’ll talk you through how we can help.
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How we help
- Chain of title analysis and opinions
- Advice on business structures and production SPVs
- Option agreements and assignments of copyright
- Development and co-development agreements
- Packaging and financing projects
- Official and unofficial co-productions
- Producer, location and PDV offset applications
- Production legal work
- Cast and crew, location, music and VFX agreements
- Screen body and broadcaster negotiations
- Sponsorship, product placement and advertising agreements
- Distribution and sales agency agreements
- Licensing deals for domestic and international platforms
- Insurance packages, including completion guarantees
When to call us
- You want to option a book, play, article or life story
- You are bringing on writers, a director or key creatives
- You are raising finance or applying for an offset
- You are about to start production and need cast, crew and location paperwork
- You are selling or licensing the finished project
Selected work
- Better ManProduction legal
- Ricky StanickyProduction legal
- The DeepTV series · legal & business affairs
Common questions
What is chain of title, and why do financiers ask for it?
Chain of title is the set of documents that proves your production company owns or controls every right it needs to make and exploit the project: the option or acquisition of the underlying work, writer and creative agreements, assignments and releases. Financiers, broadcasters, distributors and E&O insurers will not commit until it is clean. We review the documents, close any gaps and issue a chain of title opinion letter.
When should I bring a lawyer in?
Ideally before you option the underlying work or engage a writer. Fixing rights at the start costs far less than fixing them when a financier’s due diligence finds a gap.
Do you work on international productions?
Yes. We act for Australian and international clients on official and unofficial co-productions, international sales and distribution, and platform licences.
What does production legal cover?
Everything the production needs to be signed and deliverable: cast, crew, location, music and VFX agreements, releases, and the legal side of delivery to financiers, broadcasters and distributors.