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LINDSAY CONNER

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Co-Chair, Entertainment & Media
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GARY L. GILBERT

Partner

Co-Chair, Entertainment & Media
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Entertainment & Media Practice

A Powerhouse Entertainment & Media Practice
Lauded as a pioneer and leader in the industry, Manatt is consistently ranked among the top entertainment law practices by Chambers USA and U.S. News & World Report. We recently received top billing by being named the Law Firm of the Year by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel. Our lawyers have also achieved star status, receiving accolades in The Best Lawyers in America, Los Angeles magazine, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

With offices in the entertainment hubs of Los Angeles and New York City—as well as in the regulatory center of Washington, D.C.—our Entertainment & Media practice is national in scope, representing a broad range of high-profile clients in film and television, music, digital media, sports, video games, and advertising. Distinguished by the full array of services we offer, our entertainment lawyers handle film and television financing, production, and distribution on a worldwide basis, copyright matters, union and guild contracts, entertainment licensing deals, mergers and acquisitions of companies and film, television and music assets, as well as representation of legendary music, film and television talent, and litigation of a wide variety of entertainment and media disputes. We’re also at the forefront of brand integration, working closely with Manatt’s leading-edge Digital Media and Advertising, Marketing & Media practices to create innovative and successful tie-ins between big-name brands and the entertainment industry.

Industry heavyweights hire Manatt to negotiate complex contracts, leverage entertainment properties, and skillfully handle disputes when they arise. We know the industry players, often on a first-name basis, because our lawyers have had a hand in many of the entertainment industry’s biggest contracts and deals. Members of our team include veteran outside counsel to film, television and music clients, as well as a former Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Capitol Records, a former Vice President and in-house counsel for the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a former Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel at HBO, and two former Vice Presidents of Business and Legal Affairs at Universal Music Group. Our lawyers’ deep and substantive entertainment industry experience gives us the advantage of knowing where to go, whom to talk to and how to get things done for our clients.

A Marquee Name for Contracts, Deals and Financing
Manatt’s entertainment practice handles finance, production and distribution agreements as well as talent and executive employment, union and guild contracts, rights acquisitions and sales agreements for both established and emerging film, music and media entities. Our lawyers are also knowledgeable on the raising of debt and equity capital from private and public sources to fund major studio and independent projects and entertainment companies, and are active in M&A transactions throughout the industry.

Film and Television
Manatt lawyers represent many of the largest film studios and television corporations in the industry. Our clients include CBS Broadcasting, Dick Clark Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Lionsgate Television, Lucasfilm, Mark Burnett Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Television and Warner Brothers. We also represent financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity groups, and a wide variety of smaller and middle-market production and distribution companies.

Manatt also helps actors, writers, directors and producers with a broad range of matters, from drafting and negotiating contracts and distribution agreements to complex financing and licensing agreements. Our goal is to make sure our clients receive every possible source of revenue from their endeavors, including new media and international distribution. We also call upon our deep resources in real estate, trust and estate planning, intellectual property, advertising, tax and finance to counsel clients on personal as well as professional matters.

Music
Manatt music lawyers represent rock, metal, alternative, urban and country music stars, songwriters and recording legends as well as estates to protect their interests. We draft and negotiate recording, publishing, management, distribution, touring, merchandising, licensing, partnership and Internet agreements, as well as devise strategies to help our clients protect their intellectual property rights.

We also represent record and publishing companies like BMG Rights Management, RCA Records and Warner/Chappell Music, production companies, music industry executives and managers, songwriters, and concert promotion companies on a range of matters, including contracts, licensing and merchandising, corporate sponsorship, financing, copyright litigation, mergers and acquisitions, tax and labor.

Sports
The line between sports and entertainment began blurring long ago, and today the two are virtually one and the same. Our sports clients aren’t just world-class players and well-known teams, they’re business people and multitalented individuals with many diverse investments and opportunities. We represent and protect the entertainment interests of our clients which include athletes as well as professional sports teams, sports league associations and sports media companies.

Entertainment Labor
Not many entertainment law practices have handled the breadth and depth of labor matters that Manatt has. Our experience covers matters that affect those who work at every level of the industry, from backstage and backlot to the highest levels of the boardroom. For the recording, motion picture and television industries, we handle negotiations regarding union and guild contracts, labor disputes, as well as employment contracts for talent and top executives.

Tough Litigators for a Tough Industry
With entertainment litigation teams in Los Angeles and New York, our strength lies in a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses film, television, radio, music, art, digital entertainment and advertising. From high-profile disputes over copyright infringement and breach of contract to right of publicity matters, trademark claims, false advertising consumer class actions, and Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims, clients can be confident of Manatt’s counsel—because chances are we’ve already successfully handled a case like theirs. We advise some of the biggest global players in the sector—film studios and TV production companies such as NBC Universal, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox, Endemol and American Idol Productions, and music publishers like Warner/Chappell, BMG Rights Management, and EMI Music Publishing. For clients of this stature, we are handling multiple major matters—matters which quite often set precedent in the industry and which, in the case of our work for TV companies, can literally save certain industries and revenue streams. We also handle a wealth of copyright litigation for major recording artists.

At the Forefront of Branded and Integrated Entertainment
Working in conjunction with lawyers from the firm’s Advertising, Marketing & Media practice, Manatt represents the interests of key business and creative players in structuring and negotiating innovative brand integration and activation deals for feature films, television, new media, music and video games.

Helping to Shape a Brave New World of Digital Media and Entertainment
Manatt is helping to shape the future of the new digital media world. With lawyers optimally located in Los Angeles, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C., we provide crucial strategic support to clients that include film and television studios and networks, music companies, A-list talent, video game publishers and digital media companies. While helping many major entertainment and media companies, as well as artists, expand their businesses to the digital platform, we also represent many small firms seeking to be the next INgrooves or YouTube—entrepreneurs with transformational technologies for the delivery of digital content.

Areas of Focus

Film and Television Companies

Manatt has advised motion picture and television writers, directors and executive producers, as well as studios, networks and independent production companies on the development, production and exploitation of hundreds of films, both scripted and reality televisions series and programs. Our counsel covers everything from First Amendment issues, to financing and syndication, to international production and distribution agreements.

Film and Television Talent

Manatt represents top producers, actors, directors and writers working in film, television and the Internet, including many who redefine traditional boundaries and act in multiple capacities. Our attorneys advise "crossover" talent and companies simultaneously operating in the film, television, Internet and music fields.

Independent Distributors and Producers

Manatt has a strong reputation for representing independent producers and distributors of film, television, video and Internet products for both the U.S. and international marketplaces. We work with our clients from the formation and funding stages through production and delivery of the finished product, including the issues that arise from global distribution rights. Our attorneys have a practical feel for acquisitions, licensing and corporate matters.

Internet and New Media Ventures

We are deeply involved with the new and non-traditional ways in which entertainment is delivered to the consumer. Our attorneys have substantial experience in theme park design and construction, first-run syndication, production for video and cable, the development and use of production facilities outside Hollywood, the video game industry, video publishing and the complex and constantly evolving issues concerning content licensing and exploitation over the Internet and wireless devices. Our particular areas of technology focus include:

Digital music: We represent various online companies and Internet and wireless service providers, individual creators of music, record companies and music publishers in every type of agreement pertaining to the digital distribution and licensing of musical material. Our attorneys have prepared agreements for Internet promotions of musical entertainers and product, webcast agreements, streaming agreements and agreements for sales of traditional musical content over the Internet. Among other successes, we represented the first established artist to license sound recordings to Emusic for digital downloads and have advised a number of independent record labels in exclusive catalog licenses with a prominent distributor of digital downloads.
Interactive games: We work with game developers, publishers and distributors, as well as a broad range of traditional entertainment industry clients who partner with game companies to develop games that include, or are based on, elements of popular culture. Understanding that interactive games may include live action footage, copyrighted characters and stories and celebrity names and likenesses and may themselves be made into movies or television shows, we assist our clients with all issues of intellectual property, entertainment, advertising, Internet and general business law.
Video: Our professionals are involved in all musical aspects of production for the home video marketplace, representing performers and home video production companies in everything from initial agreements and manufacturing to home video exploitation.
Internet/Wireless Services: Manatt is involved in all aspects of the production of content for Internet and wireless services and the distribution of content over the Internet and wireless devices. We represent major portals and individual websites providing Internet content and entities that are delivering audio and audiovisual content over wireless and other "new technology platforms." We represent individual producers and companies that finance, produce and license content to the Internet and for wireless devices.

Music and Recording Participants

Manatt attorneys have in-depth experience that meets the needs of all major participants in the music business, including recording artists, songwriters, recording companies and independent record labels, music publishers, producers and concert promoters. We represent them in commercial negotiations involving record and production deals, publishing agreements, side artist agreements, catalog acquisitions, copyright protection, concert agreements and Internet-related issues that include music downloading. We have particular insight into the most specialized industry issues, such as California's seven-year rule on recording contracts and the needs of motion picture and television production entities in contracting with music artists and record companies for music used in films and television programs.

Promoters and Concerts

Our music lawyers handle the contractual aspects of worldwide concert tours for both performer and promoter clients, including contracts with promoters, sound and light companies, stage designers, insurance companies, concert halls and ticket agencies and negotiations for tour sponsorship.

Advertising, Marketing and Sponsorship

Our powerful relationships with advertising agencies, artist representatives and celebrities, formed by years of experience as one of the premier law firms in the entertainment industry and strengthened by the firm's substantial Advertising, Marketing and Media Practice Group, are the foundation for our counsel on advertising, endorsement licensing and sponsorship opportunities for clients. We work with artists and companies from all media, including motion pictures, television, the Internet and new media, music and recording to negotiate and structure agreements that benefit all parties. With our comprehensive practice strengths, we can handle the trademark and copyright details, ensure compliance with advertising laws and regulation, resolve labor union or guild issues and settle such corporate and business points as compensation and royalties. We have particular skill at helping artists protect all rights to their names and likenesses through trademark registration.

Employment and Talent Agreements

We represent numerous entertainment companies in preparing and negotiating contracts with their talent employees, and we engage extensively in the counseling of these companies with regard to entertainment guild matters. Our attorneys also frequently serve as counsel to talent management companies and individual talent managers in negotiating agreements with their artist clients.

Finance

Manatt attorneys represent lenders, borrowers and public and private investors in the U.S. and in the major capital markets throughout the world, as well as other providers and users of capital in the entertainment industry. We negotiate and document loans for particular projects, as well as complex overall credit lines and "slate" deals. We have extensive experience with traditional negative pick-up and "gap" financing structures, as well as more complex structures, including such innovations as insurance-enhanced lending, complex multi-distributor "split rights" financings, foreign co-financings and foreign tax shelters. We also negotiate and document sophisticated joint ventures, private placements, public offerings and equity fund financings. We have also negotiated numerous audit disputes in the motion picture, television, recording, publishing and merchandising industries. Our recording industry audits have involved active pop and rock music performers and the estates of deceased performers, and we have handled audits involving current television shows and classic motion picture productions.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Our attorneys have assisted clients in the acquisition and disposition of entire businesses, of equity interests in publicly and privately held media and entertainment entities, asset acquisitions and dispositions and in merger transactions. Because of our in-depth knowledge in the entertainment industry, we are able to bring to these transactions the requisite level of expertise in assessing intellectual property rights and similar industry-specific knowledge.

First Amendment, Defamation and Right of Privacy

Manatt entertainment attorneys have advised television news and magazine programs, publishers, motion picture companies and performing artists in disputes over their First Amendment rights.

International Entertainment Ventures

Manatt attorneys regularly advise non-U.S. media companies on how to enter and do business in the U.S. entertainment industry, as well as assist U.S. companies with problems they encounter in global markets. We advise these groups and individuals on how to structure split rights and rights acquisition transactions and represent some of the largest entertainment companies in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Canada on a variety of new entertainment ventures.

Trademark & Copyright Issues

For artists and production companies, the use of intellectual property protected by trademarks and copyrights is a vital and complex concern. Manatt attorneys are experienced with all legal and business issues involving these works and provide focused counsel at each stage of their use and protection.

Production companies: We advise companies in the creation, registration, protection and use of trademarks and titles, in merchandising ventures, in the acquisition and exploitation of film libraries and in other businesses such as retail catalog sales, advertising and video games.
Writers and authors: Manatt represents many book authors, screenwriters and their estates in negotiating book publishing, literary option and screenplay writing agreements and related issues.

Name	Office	Phone
Biederman, Charles J.	Los Angeles	310.312.4277
Bromley, Jordan	Los Angeles	310.312.4134
Brunswick, Alan M.	Los Angeles	310.312.4213
Caginalp, Aydin S.	New York	212.790.4610
Conner, Lindsay	Los Angeles	310.312.4229
Cooke, George A.	New York	212.790.4538
Custer, Eric	Los Angeles	310.312.4219
Gilbert, Gary L.	Los Angeles	310.312.4232
Horacek III, Joseph	Los Angeles	310.312.4140
Hufschmid, Paula	Los Angeles	310.312.4274
Jacobs, Robert A.	Los Angeles	310.312.4360
Kassoy, Arnold D.	Los Angeles	310.312.4314
Kaufman, Kenneth M.	Washington, D.C.	202.585.6532
Lavie, Jen Deitch	New York	212.790.4595
Levy, Stanley W.	Los Angeles	310.312.4379
Lichtman, Jordan	Los Angeles	310.312.4112
Mannisto, Jeffrey A.	Los Angeles	310.312.4212
Marks, Laurence M.	Los Angeles	310.312.4154
Phillips, L. Lee	Los Angeles	310.312.4111
Rexford, Michael	Los Angeles	310.312.4287
Stuart, Daniel K.	Los Angeles	310.312.4170
Wollman, Shari Mulrooney	Los Angeles	310.312.4309
Yen, Sophia K.	Los Angeles	310.312.4122

Entertainment

Representative Matters

Recent experience include the firm's representation of:

Alliance Films, one of the top five international independent film entertainment companies in the world, in the renewal of a long-standing distribution partnership with Miramax Films, a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company. The deal gives Alliance distribution rights in Canada for the entire Miramax Library, a collection of over 700 motion pictures, in addition to long-term Canadian distribution rights for all films that Miramax produces or acquires in the next five years.
BMG Rights Management (BMG) in several recent transactions that have aggregated over 1,000,000 copyrights in the last few years, including:
- BMG’s acquisition of R2M Music, procuring for BMG 12,000 copyrights, with 35 Top Ten hits. The transaction also encompassed the music publishing assets of former Transcontinent Musikverlag GmbH, including rights to an extensive German Schlager music catalog.
- BMG's $300 million acquisition of Bug Music, whose renowned clientele includes the estates of Johnny Cash, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie and Stevie Ray Vaughan as well as some of today's top musical artists, such as Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, Ryan Adams, Wilco, The Guess Who and Jamie Foxx.
- BMG’s acquisition of Chrysalis, a leading independent music publisher, and its 100,000-song catalog that includes songs by David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Cee Lo Green and Blondie.
- BMG’s acquisition of Evergreen Copyright Acquisitions LLC, and its catalog that includes songs recorded by artists such as Eric Clapton, MC Hammer, Michael Jackson and Nick Drake.
- BMG’s acquisition of Stage Three Music, a leading independent, international music publisher based in London, from its shareholders Apax Partners, Ingenious Ventures and the management.
- BMG’s acquisition of Cherry Lane Music Publishing, whose roster of songwriters included leading performers such as Elvis Presley.
- BMG’s acquisition of the music publishing catalog of Crosstown Songs America, consisting of more than 8,000 songs.
Concord Music Group, Inc., in numerous acquisitions that have contributed to its rich catalog of more than 10,000 master recordings and strengthened Concord’s status as one of the world’s most significant independent record companies, with a leadership position in multiple genres, including:
- Concord's acquisition of certain assets and music rights from Rounder Records Corp. and affiliates.
- Concord's acquisition of Telarc International.
- Concord's acquisition of Fantasy, Inc.
Crescent Entertainment, LLC, in its acquisition of promissory note and warrants to acquire 50% of the main film production and distribution companies that make up Village Roadshow Pictures Group.
Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., a $15 billion hedge fund, in the restructuring of its mezzanine debt position in The Film Department, a film production company. The restructuring included assessment of several private equity transactions, as well as the completion of a Forbearance Agreement and a Buyout Agreement. We were directly involved in the structuring, negotiation and documentation of the deals.
Image Entertainment, Inc., in its acquisitionby BTP Acquisition Co., LLP.
INgrooves, a global provider of digital distribution, marketing and promotion services to the audio, video and publishing communities via its ONE Digital platform, in the following:
- A Series B Preferred Stock financing by Shamrock Capital
- INgrooves's acquisition of Fontana Distribution from Universal Music Group. The new company, INgrooves Fontana, will combine INgrooves' asset management, distribution platform and a decade of experience in the digital world with Fontana's physical distribution and marketing capabilities.
- Isolation, the parent company of INgrooves, in the sale of 50.1% of the stock of INgrooves to Universal Music Group.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in multiple financings, including:
Stage Three Music in its acquisition of the song catalog of Mosaic Music, which includes copyrights such as Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," ZZ Top's "Legs" and songs recorded by Run-DMC and Eminem.
Village Roadshow Ltd., an international entertainment and media company, regarding the structuring of a bridge loan facility for one of its stockholders.
WOWOW, the leading premium pay television satellite broadcaster in Japan (who obtained from the Japanese government two additional channels of high-definition broadcast) to find suitable coproductions with international companies to provide original programming. The Manatt team is advising our client with regard to strategies and negotiations for output deals from major motion picture studios in the United States, giving them access to studios and producers in the U.S., and guiding them in connection with international business strategy and U.S. tax law and immigration.
A major international beverage brand that fully financed a new cable reality series. We worked closely with the producers and network to ensure that the brand messaging was appropriate and seamless.
A two-time Academy Award winner as general counsel. Recent work includes the negotiation of the deal for the actor to reprise his iconic role in a film sequel, as well as a deal for him to star in a feature film released in 2010.
A three-time Grammy Award winner who has sold more than 34 million records worldwide. We served as general counsel in a number of matters, including the negotiation of an agreement for the publication of his memoir and a reality series.
One of America's largest television networks in a multiyear finance/production/distribution agreement for its late-night programming slate.
Several major studio feature films in working with producers to seamlessly integrate different brand categories into the story lines and subsequently pitching brands and closing deals.

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Awards & Rankings
Named 2011 Law Firm of the Year
Ranked Nationally in Tier 1 for Entertainment Law 2010–2013
Ranked in California for Media & Entertainment Law 2007–2012
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GARY L. GILBERT

Entertainment & Media Practice

Areas of Focus

Film and Television Companies

Film and Television Talent

Independent Distributors and Producers

Internet and New Media Ventures

Music and Recording Participants

Promoters and Concerts

Advertising, Marketing and Sponsorship

Employment and Talent Agreements

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LINDSAY CONNER

GARY L. GILBERT

Entertainment & Media Practice

Areas of Focus

Film and Television Companies

Film and Television Talent

Independent Distributors and Producers

Internet and New Media Ventures

Music and Recording Participants

Promoters and Concerts

Advertising, Marketing and Sponsorship

Employment and Talent Agreements

Finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

First Amendment, Defamation and Right of Privacy

International Entertainment Ventures

Trademark & Copyright Issues

Attorneys & Professionals

Entertainment

Selected Clients

News

Articles

Events

Entertainment

Representative Matters

Related Practices

Awards & Rankings