ORTSMAN LAW FIRM
« It all starts with a single slinky note on the clarinet, and a simple line on a piece of paper »
Fantasia 2000 - Gershwin Rhapsody in blue, E. Goldberg
OUR FIRM
For more than ten years now, our firm has been developing special expertise in the field of audiovisual and cinematographic production (animated films, documentaries, fiction films, institutional films, etc.), multimedia and video games, advertising and musical productions.
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We will provide the support you need to allow you to concentrate on your own areas of expertise. We will advise, assist and defend you. We will make sure that we understand your goals and will work with you to find ways to achieve them.
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In order to meet your needs and to ensure the legal, financial and accounting transversality that is necessary for the success of the projects that you assign to us, our firm will draw on a network of specialized business partners who are very familiar with the cultural and creative industries.
« The idea that art and culture protect us in difficult times is very important for me »
Tom Moore
PRACTICES
CONTRACT LAW
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Production agreements, deal memo and co-coproduction agreements, production services agreements, distribution, broadcast rights, operating agreements, etc.)​
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Negotiation of financing agreements (TV channels, SOFICA, partnership, contractors, grants and funding)
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Contractual audit
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Service agreements, Terms and Conditions
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Verification of the chaine of intellectual property rights
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Intellectual property clearance (trademarks, author’s rights)
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Drafting and negotiation of contracts with authors (art and literary Bible, scriptwriter, director, music composer, option)
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Character merchandising
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Negotiation with talent agents
LABOR LAW
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Drafting of employment contracts (permanent, fixed term contract, intermittent)
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Drafting of employment contracts with performers
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Termination of the employment contract et mutuel termination of contract
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Employment-related legal disputes
THE FIRM & ITS BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE THERE FOR YOU
Aurélie Taïeb-Ortsman has been a Lawyer since 2008. ​She initially worked in some well-known Parisian law firms before opening her own firm, working mainly with creative professionals.
Over the years she has developed a practice that is recognized in the audiovisual sector and more generally Cultural, Creative and Artistic Activities. She is a member of the Thot Club, an inter-professional network of support structures (lawyers, chartered accountants, insurance consultants) for entrepreneurs in the Culture & Media sector.
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She is registered with the INPI as an Intellectual Property expert who can support innovative project owners.
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Aurélie teaches contract law as part of the Master’s Degree program on Intellectual Property, Digital and Advanced Technologies at Aix-Marseille University and regularly works at the Condé School with students in the Illustration, Comic Book, Animation and Video Game Masters Programs.
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