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Heenan Blaikie’s entertainment lawyers have long-standing experience with the drafting, negotiation and review of a wide range of film and TV contracts and agreements. Our expertise touches upon various contractual issues, such as agreements with all parties involved in film and TV projects (ex.: producers, actors, directors, screenplay writers, playwrights and casting directors); pay or play agreements; location agreements; contracting with minors; syndication TV agreements; film and TV license agreements; product placement agreements; distribution agreements; and confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.

Our Team


Name Title Office Telephone Email
Buchli, Christina
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6808
Email
Bulbrook, Christina
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 778 329.9036
Email
Chenoy, Dean
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2342
Email
Dhaliwal, Ken
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3523
Email
Evrensel, Arthur
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1157
Email
Gagné, Maxime
  • Associate
  • Trade-mark Agent
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2245
Email
Goldstein, Hilary
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.2620
Email
Heenan, Roy L.
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2264
Email
Kraft, Kenneth David
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6822
Email
Massé, Frédéric
  • Partner
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.2386
Email
Perry, Sara
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6975
Email
Russell, Jim
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3561
Email
Schmieg, Eva
  • Partner
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1156
Email
Shedletsky, Michael
  • Associate
  • Toronto
  • 416 777.4177
Email
Sinclair, Gavin
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6963
Email
Steinberg, David
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 360.3552
Email
St-Louis, Philippe
  • Associate
  • Montreal
  • 514 846.7035
Email
Tarantino, Bob
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6815
Email
Wechselberger, Nadia
  • Associate
  • Vancouver
  • 604 891.1171
Email
Zolf, Stephen
  • Partner
  • Toronto
  • 416 643.6811
Email

Date Title Speaker(s) Organization CPD*
Oct. 28, 2011 Entertainment Law - Primers, Developments and Strategies Conference
  • Steinberg, David
  • Tarantino, Bob
The Common Institute  


* Continuing Professional Development

 

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Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
The Best Lawyers in Canada
CLawbies (Canadian Law Blog Awards)

 

Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory

The 2012 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory identified several Heenan Blaikie offices and lawyers as leaders in their field.

  • Norman Bacal
  • Dean Chenoy
  • Ken Dhaliwal
  • Arthur Evrensel
  • Jim Russell
  • Eva Schmieg
  • David Steinberg

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The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada

Several of our lawyers are listed among Canada's leading practitioners (Most Frequently Recommended) in their respective areas of expertise in the 2012 edition of The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (ALM 500).

Toronto

  • Ken Dhaliwal
  • Jim Russell
  • David Steinberg

Vancouver

  • Arthur Evrensel

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The Best Lawyers in Canada

The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013 (Woodward/White) has ranked numerous Heenan Blaikie lawyers as top lawyers, with several of them recognized in two or more fields, across some 50 practice areas. The Best Lawyers in Canada compiles lists of outstanding lawyers annually by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Entertainment Law

  • Norman Bacal: Toronto
  • Ken Dhaliwal: Toronto
  • Arthur Evrensel: Vancouver
  • Jim Russell: Toronto (Lawyer of the year)
  • Eva Schmieg: Vancouver
  • David Steinberg: Toronto
  • Bob Tarantino: Toronto

Sports Law

  • Marcel Aubut, O.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad. E.: Montreal

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CLawbies (Canadian Law Blog Awards)

Our Entertainment & Media Law Signal blog was co-winner of the Best New Law Blog Award in the 2010 CLawBies (Canadian Law Blog Awards). The blog, edited by Bob Tarantino from the Toronto Entertainment, Sports and Media group, provides news and commentaries on legal developments within the entertainment and media industries, was recognized for its “mature and confident editorial team that focuses on readers’ best interests.”

 

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