Heenan Blaikie’s entertainment law practice has been representing the legal interests of the industry for over three decades. The members of our group — the largest team of entertainment lawyers in the country — advise clients involved in all entertainment media including film, television, theatre and music.

We are committed to serving the entertainment industry at home and abroad, offering leading-edge expertise to our clients in their day-to-day business operations. We provide advice on corporate formation, joint ventures, co-productions, mergers and acquisitions, financing as well as on labour, insurance, competition, production and distribution matters.

Our clients include major studios, independent producers, distributors, broadcasters, Internet service providers, financial institutions, software publishers, special effects and post-production houses, as well as multimedia and animation studios. We also represent many well-known directors, writers, producers, performers and other successful artists.

Among the areas in which we provide legal services to our entertainment clients are:

• Competition & Trade
• Copyright & Trade-marks
• Film, Television and Corporate Financing
• Immigration
• International & Canadian Co-productions
• International & Domestic Tax
• Labour & Employment
• Litigation Support
• Merchandising and Licensing
• Music Recording, Publishing, Licensing and Management
• Production Contracts
• Telecommunications

Please visit Entertainment & Media Law Signal, a collaborative blog written by the members of our Entertainment group from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Refer to our brochures Producing in Canada: A Guide to Canadian Film and Television Production Incentive Programs and Summary of Canadian Financial Incentives for the Production of Animation, Digital Media and Interactive Content.