Schalast | Media and Entertainment

Schalast advises companies and individuals in the media and entertainment industry comprehensively on all legal issues.

Our lawyers have a great deal of expertise and advisory experience in the area’s media, sports, reputation management and copyright law. We advise and represent national and international clients both out of court and in court, particularly in these areas:

• Media-related contracts: Advice on license, production, distribution, advertising and sponsorship agreements
• Rights portfolios: acquisition, management and sale
• Support in media law, reputation protection, crisis management, privacy rights
• Advice on competition and trademark law matters
• Privacy rights: support in the event of violations by internet publications, including claims for deletion and damages
• Reputation protection: assertion of claims such as omission, counterstatement and correction
• Legal enforcement against hate speech, insults and digital violence
• Advice on public relations and marketing, in particular on the use of content and advertising
• Compliance: Assistance with the introduction and review of measures in the media and entertainment industry to comply with internal standards and avoid legal violations
• Internal investigations: Processing compliance violations and advising on suitable remedial measures
• Crisis management: support during crises and court proceedings, assistance with press enquiries
• Book publications: Checking for possible violations of personal rights
• Criminal charges: filing charges in cases of defamation, insults and unauthorized photography
• Art law: including copyright protection, purchase and loan agreements, transportation, loss and damage, forgery claims, provenance research, restitution cases

The practice group IP, Media & Technology collaborates closely with our law firm’s other practice groups. This means that we advise and represent the media and entertainment sector companies with the highest level of expertise, in particular in the following key areas:

• Company law structuring issues, in particular with respect to international structure issues.

• Employment law issues, in particular with respect to labour law

• Competition law complexes and other intellectual property matters

• Questions in connection with data protection and compliance
• Dispute Resolution, in particular advice and representation before all national and institutional courts and before (international) arbitral tribunals, but also in mediation proceedings, whether as legal counsel or as arbitrator or mediator.