Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Law
PALM SPRINGS AND ORANGE COUNTY ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER
Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, The Right Choice in Entertainment Law Has Been Named A Top Lawyer 14 Years In A Row. Now With Over 45 Years of Experience.
Whether you’re an aspiring artist or model, or an established musician or actor in the entertainment industry, finding the right Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer to guide and develop your career is the best way not only to protect your interests but also to attain the recognition you deserve for your talents.
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson offers artists in the Palm Springs and Orange County areas with over 45 years of representing entertainment clients and is ready to assist you in all of your entertainment aspects. We can help whether you need protection against those who would profit from the unauthorized use of your name or image in advertising or need copyright or trademark protection.
We can scrutinize an endorsement deal, review and negotiate a modeling or other agency contract, or draft every type of film production agreement that’s needed in the industry. We draft artist management contracts, represent clients in litigation, and we can provide down to earth advice in regards to your aspect of the entertainment industry. We stand ready to assist you in all of your endeavors.
In addition to reviewing Book Publishing Contracts and Literary Agency Contracts, California Entertainment Lawyer and Publishing Attorney Sebastian Gibson not only drafts, reviews and negotiates both Book Option Purchase Agreements but also drafts, reviews and negotiates Book Shopping Agreements for authors whose books producers want to develop into a film or television project.
In working with Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with a entertainment attorney who has law degrees both in California and in Great Britain, who was a former musician who performed on the stage internationally and on national TV, the creator of a stage musical recorded in London, a published book author and a writer for California’s top two legal newspapers. He understands the unique difficulties creative people face today and the many ways talented people are taken advantage of.
An Entertaining Choice, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
As a former professional musician, a published book author and the author of a number of legal articles for California’s top two legal newspapers, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson been called brilliant and a legend. As an attorney, he’s been rated “Superb” and he’s been named One of the Top Lawyers of 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 by Palm Springs Life Magazine.
We’re the entertainment law firm for Palm Springs, the Coachella Valley, Orange County and Southern California. We represent clients from Palm Springs to Los Angeles, from Orange County to London. From his work as an international attorney in London and as an international musician who performed on the stage and on national TV with such actors as Bob Hope and Glenn Close, Sebastian Gibson is the entertainment attorney you need.
The Right Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer, Sebastian Gibson
With over 45 years of experience both in London and in California as an entertainment attorney, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to British Film and TV producers and how streaming services and platforms are affecting the UK film and industry and has written on this subject. There is currently nowhere that the changes brought about by streaming is having a bigger effect on a country’s film industry than Britain and the UK’s talent and producers, known for their excellence, have never been in more demand.
We can protect your film and television concepts and submissions with copyright and trademark protection, registrations with the Writers Guild of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, with contracts and agreements, and with submissions by an experienced California entertainment attorney. Importantly, we also know what to look for in analyzing submission releases so a producer or writer does not waive important rights.
With the experience of Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson in the entertainment industry both as a writer and musician, we’re very familiar with all of the various ways in which film and TV projects are conceived and developed and we can assist a producer in the early creative stage as well. With experience in advertising as well, we can assist a producer later in writing the perfect pitch and preparing submission materials including show bibles and film lookbooks of the professional quality that’s expected today in the entertainment industry.
The submission process today is becoming more and more competitive with literally tens of thousands of producers competing to get their concept for a television series, limited episode TV series or reality show made and their film project financed. As a result, submission materials must be of the highest professional quality.
We’re also closely following the developments of the WGA lawsuit against four major talent agencies, their new Code of Conduct, the firing by WGA members of their talent agencies and the counter lawsuits by talent agencies against the WGA. We can advise producers with respect to packaging fees charged by talent agencies and how the lawsuit and firing of talent agencies by WGA members currently affects the talent agency packaging system currently still in place by most talent agencies.
In the creative stage of development, we can draft collaboration agreements, work for hire agreements, copyright assignments and other contractual agreements to ensure that a producer is the sole owner of all the underlying rights to their project and to ensure that when an E&O insurance legal opinion is requested by an insurer, they will be able to confirm the proper legal contracts have been signed with every participant in the creation and development of the project.
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can assist a film or television producer to obtain development money and to structure a development money deal, film investments and we can review and negotiate a producer’s pre-sales and negative pick-up domestic and foreign distribution agreements.
We’ve reviewed and negotiated book and script options, life story agreements, shopping agreements and with our expertise in copyrights, trademarks and licensing, we can assist a producer in securing the rights to any of the underlying rights to their project.
With securing investor money so crucial to a producer, we can advise producers when it’s necessary to have an experienced securities lawyer prepare a private placement memorandum known as an offering to passive investors, the requirements for qualifying for an exemption from registration, and when an offering is not required when obtaining investments from accredited investors. We’re also familiar with California securities laws, venture capital investment and debt financing,
With decades of experience in corporate law and formations, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of sole proprietorships, C and S corporations, limited and general partnerships and LLCs. We can also handcraft an LLC operating agreement to fit the structure and plans of a producer’s team for their umbrella LLC and create individual LLCs for each project which becomes ready for development.
We’ll help a producer develop a plan for submitting their film to the right film festivals for the producer’s film and for being prepared with an experienced festival team including sales agents, a website for the film, a Facebook page, trailers, a movie poster, and other materials in order to hit the ground running with a cohesive advertising and publicity campaign formulated in advance.
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can also assist a producer to develop the most appropriate marketing plan for distribution for all of the various platforms and markets and advise them when it’s best to fragment distribution and retain certain areas of distribution for themselves. If a negative pick-up, pre-sales deal or minimum guarantee is not available or in a producer’s interest, we’ll advise a producer accordingly.
Having written on the changes streaming is having in the entertainment industry and changing strategies by streaming platforms, California entertainment attorney is particularly knowledgeable in the area of streaming VOD platforms and services, and we can advise a producer the best way to approach streaming services if a producer is interested in marketing a project to them. We’ll also advise a producer on the advantages and disadvantages of retaining an aggregator.
We can draft all of a producer’s production contracts and we are extremely knowledgeable in drafting, negotiating and reviewing actor contracts, and how to structure profit participation contracts to protect an actor’s back end points.
With our knowledge of the music industry, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is also knowledgeable in the complex field of film music licensing, and drafting composer agreements, and music supervisor contracts.
When you need a California entertainment attorney for any stage of a film or television project production, for any corporate matters or pre-production, production and post-production agreements, the right choice is Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Choosing the Right Palm Springs and Orange County California Entertainment Lawyer
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can provide you with entertainment event contracts and agreements and advise you on issues and arrangements involving sponsorship agreements, merchandise and licensing contracts, vendor agreements and other contracts for services at entertainment events, concerts, live performances, festivals, world tours, athletic events, sporting tournaments and competitions, and sponsor parties for music festivals and athletic events.
When you need an Entertainment Attorney in Palm Springs, Orange County or anywhere in California for artist agreements, live performance contracts, licenses, permits, releases or agreements with cities and agencies, tour managers, artist managers, artist business managers, promoters, conductors, stage managers, sound engineers, lighting operators and crews, security, rehearsal space, recording studios, film and television producers, influencers, photographers, or modeling agencies, the right choice is Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Whatever your needs for the entertainment event, live performance, festival, athletic competition, sponsor party, world tour arrangements for performances, or for a television or film production, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is the right choice to assist you in your endeavor.
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Attorney Sebastian Gibson
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has over 45 years of experience as an entertainment lawyer both in the U.S. and in London. And as a former international musician and the author of a stage musical in London, Sebastian Gibson not only understands the struggles creative people encounter today to have their works enjoyed by others without being taken advantage of or having their creative efforts infringed by others.
Those in the entertainment industry know how cutthroat it can be. Entertainment attorneys see it every day. Musicians, actors and models struggling to break into the business find themselves presented with one-sided agreements at best and at worst, contracts that can ruin their careers before they ever start.
In entertainment disputes, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson takes the side of the individual artist against the big players and the industry heavy weights – the musician who needs a contract reviewed or whose music copyright is being infringed, the film, television or stage actor, producer or director with a movie, TV or theatrical deal, the book or screenplay writer with a publishing agreement or agent contract, the model with her first modeling agreement, the fashion or jewelry designer, the artist in a dispute with an art gallery, the small business that needs to apply for or protect a trademark, the athlete whose contract has been breached, the video games developer whose work has been copied, and the celebrity whose image or likeness has been used without their permission in advertising a product thereby infringing their publicity rights.
Entertainment Agreements and Entertainment Litigation On An Affordable Basis
A top notch attorney in the entertainment field must not only be able to draft and negotiate a complex entertainment agreement, a patent licensing contract or be able to apply for a client’s trademarks and copyrights, he or she must also be able to stand up to those who would otherwise take advantage of one’s clients and their lack of resources.
That’s why at the Law Firm of Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson we not only review, write and negotiate the agreements our entertainment clients need, we litigate on behalf of our clients and when the matter justifies it, unlike most other entertainment attorneys, we do so because we love this area of law.
Whether you need an entertainment attorney in Orange County or anywhere else in Southern California, a Trademark or Copyright Lawyer in San Diego, or a Celebrity attorney in Palm Springs, Newport Beach or Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Orange County entertainment lawyer, Sebastian Gibson can help you with your California entertainment legal matters.
Examples of Entertainment Contracts
Band Member Agreements
Recording Contracts
Management Agreements
Distribution Agreements
Music Publishing Agreements
Live Performance Agreements
Entertainment Venue Agreements
Merchandising Agreements
Celebrity Endorsement Deals
Touring Agreements
Royalty Agreements
Copyright and Trademark Licensing Agreements
Synchronization Agreements
Film and Television Agreements
Cable and Internet and Television Broadcast Agreements
Development and Production Agreements
Co-Production Agreements
Talent and Employment Agreements
Confidentiality Agreements
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Content Acquisition Agreements
Independent Contractor and Work for Hire Agreements
Theatrical Agreements
Actor and Director Agreements
Call Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Attorney Sebastian Gibson
With law degrees in both California and in the U.K. and over 40 years of experience working as an international and entertainment lawyer in London and California, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is uniquely qualified to handle your international entertainment legal matters. Whether you need an attorney for a film being shot or edited in London or in New Zealand, or a concert performance in Paris or Australia, we can help you with all of your international law issues and contracts.
If you’re looking for the best Palm Springs and Orange County entertainment lawyer for you, consider Sebastian Gibson. With offices in Palm Desert and Newport Beach, Sebastian Gibson can assist you with your entertainment matters in the Coachella Valley, Orange County and throughout Southern California.
Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has a prestigious history of helping individuals with their entertainment matters throughout the Coachella Valley from Palm Springs to Palm Desert, Indio and Coachella and in the upper desert from Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms as well as in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, and throughout California and internationally.
Named a Top Lawyer for 14 years in a row by Palm Springs Life, it’s not surprising Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has also been recognized as a “Superb” Lawyer by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
With law degrees in both California and in Great Britain, and decades of experience in California and internationally as well in areas such as trademark protection, Sebastian Gibson has been the attorney of choice for decades by individuals with the need of an experienced entertainment lawyer with the experience to handle matters in a swift and cost effective manner.
With offices in Palm Desert and Newport Beach, Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can in most situations meet with you and can also advise you by phone the same day when you need assistance most. Business and entertainment matters are handled at an hourly rate or a flat rate which we will endeavor to make affordable to your situation.
Choosing A Palm Springs and Orange County Entertainment Lawyer
Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s practice areas in the field of entertainment law include motion pictures, television, music, publishing, modeling, model management, talent agencies, video on demand movie projects, copyrights, trademarks, entertainment events, music and film festivals, live performances, concerts, world tours, charity events, comedy festivals, fashion events, athletic events, sponsor parties, sponsorship agreements, endorsement agreements, film music licensing, merchandise agreements, performing artist contracts, songwriter agreements, book options for films and television, stage productions, art, fashion, modeling, publicity and privacy rights, misuse of images, athlete and celebrity representation and international entertainment matters.
