Media & Entertainment

The Media and Entertainment Department of DURAND ABOGADOS brings together deep knowledge and vast experience handling matters in the media and entertainment industry, on national and international scale alike. On this basis of a comprehensive understanding of the industry regulations and developments, we are able to guide clients through all stages of the growth of their company, from organization, through financing and funding, and initial public offerings or other transactions. Our Media and Entertainment Group provides a full range of legal counsel relating to mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures; financings; restructurings; litigation; intellectual property issues; antitrust and other regulatory matters; and development, licensing and production negotiations. We assist a broad spectrum of corporations, joint ventures and individuals in their media and entertainment related agenda. One of our practice strengths is the music industry. We focus on both institutional and entrepreneurial clients and help them secure favorable business transactions, publishing agreements, and copyright and royalty protection, as well as innovative distribution and merchandising models.

The work of our Media & Entertainment Team includes the following areas:

• Advertising and marketing
• Broadcasting regulation
• Celebrity representation and negotiations
• Competition and antitrust
• Data privacy and protection
• Defamation and privacy
• Digital cinema
• Dispute resolution and litigation
• Film and television finance, production and distribution
• Gaming and interactive media
• Intellectual Property

• International matters
• Labor negotiations with diverse media and entertainment related associations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Mobile
• New Media
• Promotions
• Publishing
• Self-regulation
• Social and digital media
• Structured finance
• Transformative transactions