Audiovisual content / Music content / Editorial content / Audiovisual media services / Information society intermediary services / Hosting providers / E-commerce

Our firm specialises in assisting companies in the media and entertainment industry, with a focus on network platforms and intermediaries. Our clients include international players in the production and dissemination of audiovisual and musical works and information society intermediaries, which we assist in the following areas:

  • drafting and negotiation of contracts for the production and exploitation of content (audiovisual, publishing, music and entertainment), including acquisition, distribution, co-production, licensing, dubbing, writing and merchandising contracts;
  • advising on the structure of international audiovisual co-production relationships and on audiovisual tax credit issues;
  • assistance in assessing compliance with third party rights in relation to publishing and audiovisual projects;
  • assistance in compliance with audiovisual media services and publishing regulations and in relations with regulatory authorities;
  • assisting in the negotiation of contracts with copyright and related rights collecting societies and managing relations with them; management of relations with them;
  • assistance in compliance with regulations on e-commerce, consumer protection and privacy, advertising, gaming and promotional activities on telecommunications networks, including in court and in unfair commercial practices proceedings;
  • assistance to intermediaries in complying with DSA rules, including in court and in dealings with regulatory authorities, and in court proceedings in which the exemption of intermediary liability is at issue;
  • extraordinary M&A transactions and those related to the transfer of business units or shareholdings with specific reference to the business, due diligence and regulatory aspects of the media and intermediary sector.