Hollywood producers, crews and casts are finding a welcoming new hub in the UK, especially in London. And as they migrate to the area, production companies are bringing their big budgets with them. Big studios and big franchises (like DC Comics and Star Wars) are eyeing up the UK landscape and the budget-friendly benefits of…
Multimillion dollar sports sponsorship contracts require careful negotiations best handled by an experienced attorney. The Dallas Cowboys are rated the world’s most valuable sports team as of July, 2018. Blockbuster TV contracts and owner-friendly collective bargaining agreements are causing record sale prices in every major U.S. sports league. (source: Forbes) Lucrative sponsorship deals for players and…
Investors in high-technology assets as well as banks and other financial institutions who lend to high-tech companies have to be careful when it comes to securing their investments. In the sometimes-nebulous world of intellectual property assets, it can often be challenging to define and enforce rights in and to continually evolving IP products, processes or…
Professional athletes are finding a new array of equity arrangements to consider in endorsement and branding contracts. The answer to that question is a resounding “yes.” Professional athletes are becoming the focus of new, creative equity-structured arrangements in which their personal brands are either leveraged in exchange for equity in companies; or athletes’ earnings and…
Successful entrepreneurs may get the recognition for creating a successful company, but rarely do people talk about the talent that surrounds that entrepreneur — the very people that entrepreneur recruited and brought aboard. Talent acquisition is one of the most important tasks for an entrepreneur. In the company’s early days, having talented, smart people that…
Over the years, there have been numerous cases where unscrupulous parents, managers or employers have squandered the earnings of famous children. Most notably, musician LeAnn Rimes and actors Gary Coleman and Macaulay Culkin sued their parents for mismanaging their money. Hollywood’s first well-known child star, Shirley Temple, died at the age of 85 just last…