Taylor Wessing is home to a well-experienced media and entertainment team capable of handling a broad range of cinema-related matters, with particular expertise in IP issues. The firm’s well-established client base includes producers, distributors, institutional or financial organisations, and actors. The team is led by sector heads Christian Valsamidis, Claire Saint-Laurent-Mantoux and Benoît Goulesque-Monaux. Valsamidis is reputed for the depth of his expertise in international property, international co-production and distribution matters. Saint-Laurent is a name to note for copyright law, while Goulesque-Monaux is a reference for litigation, disputes, arbitration and bankruptcy.
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- ‘A diverse team, with complementary skills and approaches to cases. For every problem or question, there's the ideal person to talk to.’
Key clients
- Les Films Velvet
- Sacreblue Productions
- Banijay Group
- Tik Tok
- Real Asset Media
- Rammstein
- Cloudflare
- Banijay Group
- Amazon
- Adobe
- Comcast
- Dailymotion
Work highlights
Assisted the French production company Les Films Velvet, in hiring American actress Jodie Foster for her role in Rebecca Zlotowski's latest film, “Private Life”, selected at the 78th Cannes International Film Festival.
Advised the production company Sacrebleu Productions on the international financial and legal strategy of the animated feature film FLOW, an international co-production between France, Latvia and Belgium.
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Practice head
Christian Valsamidis; Claire Saint-Laurent-Mantoux; Benoit Goulesque-Monaux