34 · Media, entertainment and sports · Droits & production
Media, entertainment and sports
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Reconstruction of rights chains, serial review of production and licence agreements, checking of royalty statements.
Where it is slight or nil
Negotiating with the talent, editorial judgement, relations with the broadcasters.
Observed time
−41% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Reconstruction of rights chains, work by work and territory by territory
- Production, co-production and distribution agreements
- Broadcast, merchandising and sponsorship licences
- Checking of royalty statements and of the fees paid
- Image rights, athlete rights and agency agreements
- Review of content against media and advertising law