PRACTICE AREAS
I am able to assist you in the following areas:
Intellectual Property: protection of ideas, confidential information, copyright, trading names, trade marks, goodwill and reputation, celebrity endorsements and licensing and auditing of assets.
Film and Television: protection of ideas, development, life story rights, options, screenwriting agreements, funding, production, chain of title documentation, distribution, ancillary rights exploitation and merchandising agreements, co-productions, bonds and insurances and regulatory aspects of content.
Music: recording and publishing, composing and performing, production and licensing, pressing and distribution, video production, naming and sponsorship, agency and management representation, music and sampling clearances, venue and performer agreements.
Publishing – NZ and International publishing agreements, literary agency agreements, artwork and contributor clearances.
Employment Law: negotiating and drafting of employment and contract for services agreements, dispute resolution advice and personal grievances.
Other: endorsement, agency, publishing, theatre and live performance, visual arts agreements, obscenity and defamation, broadcasting standards, advertising standards, franchising, consumer law, dispute resolution, Privacy Act, Human Rights Act, Fair Trading Act and litigation.
Broadcasting Standards: Vetting of content for the purposes of Broadcasting Standards and Submissions defending complaints pursuant to the Broadcasting Standards guidelines.
Due Diligence: Auditing of company’s Intellectual Property rights in the form of contracts of employment or engagement, licences and 3rd party agreements.
Intellectual Property: protection of ideas, confidential information, copyright, trading names, trade marks, goodwill and reputation, celebrity endorsements and licensing and auditing of assets.
Film and Television: protection of ideas, development, life story rights, options, screenwriting agreements, funding, production, chain of title documentation, distribution, ancillary rights exploitation and merchandising agreements, co-productions, bonds and insurances and regulatory aspects of content.
Music: recording and publishing, composing and performing, production and licensing, pressing and distribution, video production, naming and sponsorship, agency and management representation, music and sampling clearances, venue and performer agreements.
Publishing – NZ and International publishing agreements, literary agency agreements, artwork and contributor clearances.
Employment Law: negotiating and drafting of employment and contract for services agreements, dispute resolution advice and personal grievances.
Other: endorsement, agency, publishing, theatre and live performance, visual arts agreements, obscenity and defamation, broadcasting standards, advertising standards, franchising, consumer law, dispute resolution, Privacy Act, Human Rights Act, Fair Trading Act and litigation.
Broadcasting Standards: Vetting of content for the purposes of Broadcasting Standards and Submissions defending complaints pursuant to the Broadcasting Standards guidelines.
Due Diligence: Auditing of company’s Intellectual Property rights in the form of contracts of employment or engagement, licences and 3rd party agreements.