Entertainment & Media Finance and Business Development

Intellectual Property Transactions, Business Development & Financing

The digital age lets us communicate globally and nearly instantaneously. It also significantly expands opportunities for financers, developers, owners, distributors and consumers of entertainment related intellectual property. 

Crestrock Advisors represents clients on entertainment related intellectual property matters. Our experience includes the following: 

  • Film production and film finance
  • Music asset acquisition and finance
  • Initial Public Offerings for entertainment and new media businesses
  • Music and Film business development and distribution
  • Content Licensing
  • Portfolio acquisitions
  • Copyrights
  • Trademarks
  • E-commerce and Internet law
  • Emerging technologies

When necessary, we refer to clients’ intellectual property matters whatever additional legal expertise is required, such as antitrust, M&A, tax, communications, securitization, trade regulation and entertainment. 

We represent a wide range of businesses, from private and institutional entertainment finance sources, privately held start-ups to established market leaders operating both domestically and internationally. Internet-based enterprises, multimedia companies, broadcast stations, independent record companies, recording artists, song writers, authors and publishers, and high-profile entertainers and sports figures.

Television, Motion Picture and New Media Entertainment

We provide special focus in the areas of television, motion picture and new media entertainment. We represent clients involved in both traditional and innovative media. They include production companies, broadcasters, content developers, distributors and individual artists. 

Examples of our services are the following: 

  • Film Finance
  • Licensing of life-story rights
  • Endorsements
  • Motion picture financing and production arrangements
  • Digital distribution and licensing agreements