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At LEHMANN STROBEL PLC we help our clients by drafting, negotiating and providing legal and business affairs advice on all aspects of film, television and radio production and visual arts management.

Development: option and purchase agreements; story/life rights agreements; producer agreements; scriptwriting agreements; submission and property releases; agent/rep agreements; copyright, trademark and title searches, opinions and registration; commitment letters; development agreements; sponsorship and underwriting agreements; development grants and loans; investor deal letters; confidentiality and non-compete agreements; corporate formation and organization.

Production: budgeting; investor financing; private placement memorandums; underwriting; product placement; co-production agreements; grant funding agreements; talent agreements; producer, writer, director and key personnel contracts; composer agreements; production services agreements; union agreements; employment contracts; production insurance issues; long-form production agreements; location, personal and material releases; employment/independent contractor issues; post-house agreements; music licensing; music, footage and other clearances; credits; finishing funds and completion agreements.

Distribution: acquisition and license agreements; theatrical distribution agreements; video/DVD distribution agreements; sales rep agreements; self-distribution considerations; website creation, financing and management; merchandizing and ancillary licensing agreements for soundtrack, educational A/V, foreign broadcast, toys and games, publishing; errors and omissions insurance issues; liability issues including defamation, invasion of privacy, first amendment and news reporting issues.

Visual Arts Management: copyright, trademark and patent registration; intellectual property protection and rights enforcement; grants; artist's commission agreements; artist/gallery consignment agreements; sales tax issues; shipping agreements; import/export issues; cultural objects; public art; licensing, merchandizing, and publishing; certificates of authenticity; chain of title and provenance issues; museum organization, governance and management; employment issues; exhibition agreements; loan and acquisition agreements; artist and collector estate planning; insurance issues; auctions and auction-house agreements; appraisal issues.