Deal review, catalog protection, and leverage for off-stage and off-screen careers.
A veteran director with three decades of episodic and feature work, residual statements piling up unread in a home office, a suspicion two productions had never accounted at all, and an estate plan with no IP schedule. We ran the audit, corrected two accountings, and rebuilt the schedule.
Read The Case Study →A mid-tier content creator with a seven-figure follower base, a platform exclusivity offer with a four-year term and a category-wide non-compete, and a payment structure that back-loaded eighty percent of the guarantee. We rebuilt the deal into something a creator could actually run.
Read The Case Study →A working voice-over artist with two overlapping NDAs, a game studio pushing an AI voice license buried in an addendum, and no synthetic-voice language anywhere in her existing catalog of agreements. We built the AI carve-out she needed and rewrote the licensing terms across her catalog.
Read The Case Study →A reality showrunner two seasons into a returning unscripted format, a showrunner credit that had never made it onto delivered episodes, a backend definition that excluded ancillary and format sales, and a fresh renewal offer that assumed the old terms were fine. We rebuilt the deal from the credit line down.
Read The Case Study →A working actor tested for a series regular role with a seven-year test option, a morality clause written to a subjective standard, and a social-media consent that would have covered every personal account she ran. We tightened both clauses without losing the pin.
Read The Case Study →A working songwriter with three co-writes on a mid-charting album, credits missing from the delivered masters, a publisher pushing an option renewal, and a session log that did not match the deal memo. We reconstructed the paper and rewrote the option before the renewal window closed.
Read The Case Study →A veteran music producer handed a development deal that quietly bundled his prior catalog into the grant, an option holder on his next three projects, and a payment schedule that ran two quarters behind delivery. We rewrote the definitions section and walked out with the catalog intact.
Read The Case Study →A federal jury trial with high-profile witnesses on both sides, a complicated factual record, and a client whose ownership of his own creative work was on the line. We built the story the facts supported and put it in front of twelve people the right way.
Read The Case Study →An exclusive multi-year agreement, a production company with no active projects and no California talent agency license, and a visa status tied to continued US employment. We dismantled the contract without a lawsuit.
Read The Case Study →These case studies are composites, drawn from the types of matters the firm handles. They do not depict any single client or engagement, and no confidential information is disclosed. Outcomes do not guarantee similar results.