Media
Across film, television, music, publishing and broadcasting, Salans provides legal advice to some of the world’s leading media organisations. With local and global media groups recognising the need to be cost savvy, our footprint across both the developed markets of London, New York and Paris alongside the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and the CIS, ensures that wherever our clients may be located, we have the global reach to be able to provide seamless legal coverage and help them implement their projects around the globe.
Film and Television
Our clients produce, finance, and distribute every kind of filmed entertainment throughout the world. Whether a large Hollywood studio or innovative independent production house, a major bank or a private investor, a national broadcaster or a rising star, our clients have a common goal - to be a part of making a quality product for the general public. We specialise in film financing and providing local market expertise for multinational corporations filming on location around the globe. Our support extends to commercial agreements, employment contracts for local cast and crew, and supplier negotiations for on-set support.
Music
A major challenge faces the creators and distributors of musical entertainment in the music industry today. Technological advances are challenging previously accepted models of industry behaviour, setting in motion new and exciting opportunities to bring music to consumers.
Our clients are rising to the challenge. New methods of delivery, in particular the Internet, have expanded their horizons and provided further avenues for growth and exploitation by record producers, recording artists, record companies, and royalty collection societies.
Publishing
The traditional model of publishing had remained largely unchanged for decades, but we are now in a digital age with a market demanding the use of all available resources. Publishing houses must now learn how to adapt to these new demands; consequently they need legal advisers to ensure they take the appropriate steps in the right areas.
Our client base reflects the current trends and focuses on regulation, piracy, defamation and privacy. We work with book publishing companies, interactive photographic databases, newspaper publishers and online distributors, as well as talent and literary agents.
Broadcasting
Event broadcasting, particularly in the area of sport, has become big business in the past decade. Global audiences in the billions watch major sporting events and competitions, meaning that organisers and rights holders alike need practical legal advice to harness this great opportunity while simultaneously ensuring a continued positive relationship with their end consumer - the general public.
Our clients include event organisers and rights holders, sports associations and regulatory bodies, as well as sports stars and their agents.