KhattarWong

The Media & Entertainment industry is one of the fastest growing industries in Asia, spurred by the region’s economic growth and its developments and initiatives in the industry including the Internet and TV distribution. Our Media & Entertainment Law Practice Group is well-equipped to meet the growing needs of this industry.  Our clients include local and international production companies, artistes and broadcasters.  We have gained extensive and significant experience in advising on film and television productions, from development and financing through to production and distribution. Our integrated and holistic suite of services include debt and equity film financing; advice on acquisition of rights; production and post-production services; distribution agreements; artiste management; licensing, merchandising, endorsement and sponsorship deals; copyright and trademark protection; as well as regulatory issues that may arise in the process.

We recognise that every business transaction is unique. Our full complement of legal services enables us to draw the different areas of expertise from across the firm necessary to handle the unique features of each transaction, in particular expertise in Banking, Corporate Finance, Intellectual Property and Technology as well as Tax issues.

Core Services

Our range of work covers every aspect of the media and entertainment industry in Singapore and in the region, and this includes:

• Production and Financing of Productions

We advise on agreements relating to the development, production, sale and distribution of productions in all media.  We also advise on appropriate corporate structures as well as the various forms of financing suitable for the production.  We are able to advice on both traditional and more innovative funding structures.

• Broadcasting

We advise on a wide range of issues concerning the acquisition and broadcast of programmes.  We also advise on the regulatory issues governing the grant of broadcast licences and compliance with broadcasting regulations. Our clients include a leading company that runs a business providing news, business information and advertising space that is broadcast throughout Asia.

• Licensing and merchandising

We advise rights owners on the creation protection and commercial exploitation and the enforcement of all their intellectual property rights in and to their proprietary titles and characters.

• Music

We advise individual artists, performers, record companies, music publishers and producers on recording and publishing agreements, and artist management contracts. We also advise on anti-piracy issues in the music industry.

Partners

• Wun Rizwi
• Jonathan Kok