Greenberg Glusker is a well-respected and dominant force in the entertainment community. Our Film Finance team is known for its savvy in closing high-dollar, time-sensitive, cross-border entertainment deals and complex film financings. Our lawyers possess expertise in taxation and tax consequences and advise on regulations in corporate, securities, copyright, trademark, right of publicity, partnership, LLC, bankruptcy, and all manner of entertainment business needs.
Representative Matters
- Represented Reliance on a $1 billion investment in DreamWorks.
- Represented Hunan Group on a $500 million multi-year slate financing with Lionsgate.
- Represented a Greek fund called Hercules in connection over $100 million of film financing transactions, including a slate financing with Lionsgate.
- Represented one of the lead investors in the $1 billion RatPac-Dune slate financing with Warner Brothers.
- Represented Hemisphere on a $250 million slate financing with Sony and Paramount.
- Represented numerous film lenders on single-picture and slate financings totaling over $300 million.
- Represented several distribution companies on the sale of the companies to private equity firms and strategic partners, with a combined total of $500 million.
- Represented numerous production companies on single-film financings totaling over $500 million.
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The Biz, 5th Edition | The Basic Business Legal and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry
May 31, 2018
Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course is The Biz, a highly accessible overview of the industry s important business, legal, and financial aspects. Filled with industry-savvy advice, it clearly explains raising financing business structuring securities laws budgeting essentials dealing with the guilds loans completion guarantees distribution deals video on demand virtual reality calculating net profits film-industry accounting practices and contingent payments copyright, publicity, and trademark laws screen credits and talent demands litigation problems bankruptcy taxation of film companies film-industry business jargon ...and much more, including many useful sample forms and agreements. The 5th Edition adds much new material, including the most current information on video on demand and virtual reality, the thoroughly updates all chapters of the book.
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Hollywood Law Shake-Up: Schuyler Moore Moves Dealmaker Team to Greenberg Glusker
July 10, 2017
The perennial THR Power Lawyer will join the Century City firm as partner after more than 25 years at Stroock. From Hunan Group's $1.5 billion pact with Lionsgate to Perfect World's $500 million deal with Universal, Schuyler Moore has been at the center of some of the industry's biggest cross-Pacific deals — and now he's bringing his talents to noted entertainment firm Greenberg Glusker. “I am thrilled to join such talented and forward thinking entertainment lawyers," says Moore. "Greenberg Glusker has been a top entertainment firm in Hollywood for a long time, but beyond traditional entertainment it is also at the forefront of new media and technology, which is where the industry is headed.” To view full article, click here
