Levy & Salomão has a multidisciplinary and specialized team to develop strategic transactions in the fields of Media, Entertainment and Sports Law, including the following activities:
- drafting audiovisual content licensing agreements to various media, such as free-to-air TV, pay-TV, internet, social networks and mobile;
- legal advice on the production of audiovisual content, legal structuring of business involving such assets, implementation of financing transactions for audiovisual productions;
- legal advice on tax issues related to audiovisual production, including the use of tax incentives;
- legal advice and drafting of copyright and intellectual property licensing agreements;
- due diligence involving intellectual property assets;
- legal advice on transactions involving immaterial properties and on Copyright and Industrial Property laws (industrial design, trademarks, trade dress and domain names);
- legal advice on false advertising, ambush marketing and unfair competition;
- drafting agreements regarding television formats (e.g., reality shows);
- legal advice on fair use, image rights and other personal rights;
- development of legal structures for succession planning of talents and advice on the rules applicable to these professionals;
- regulatory advice on the activity of communication in the most diverse media, such as free-to-air TV, pay-TV, internet, social networks and mobile;
- legal advice on various aspects related to the broadcasting of events, such as licensing agreements;
- legal advice on sports-related business and to athletes;
- representing clients in arbitration and mediation forums;
- draft and analysis of agreements related to promotions, merchandising, naming rights and other types of advertisement agreements;
- legal advice regarding advertisement regulation; and
- acting in judicial and administrative proceedings, including before the Brazilian Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (Conar), the Brazilian Film Agency (Ancine) and the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).
