Entertainment Lawyer Malibu
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu, Named A Top Lawyer 13 Years in a Row and with Over 45 Years of Experience
The Right Choice for Entertainment Clients for Film, Television, Music, Publishing, Modeling Publicity Rights, Privacy Rights and Intellectual Property in Malibu
Named a Top Lawyer the past 13 years in a row by the prestigious Palm Springs Life Magazine and rated “Superb” by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S., Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu is the entertainment lawyer for you whether you live in Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Topanga, Westlake Village, Calabasas, Santa Monica, Brentwood or Beverly Hills.
With law degrees in both the U.S. and U.K. and over 45 years of experience as an attorney both in California and in London, Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu has represented clients throughout the entertainment industry, including film producers, directors and film production companies, actors, writers, musicians, movie star chefs, sports athletes and models from across the U.S. and internationally.
Our experience over the past four decades makes the Law Firm of Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu, the Right Choice for your representation in the entertainment industry and Sebastian Gibson the “go to” Entertainment Attorney for all things creative in Malibu, throughout California, in London and internationally.
The Entertainment Lawyer You Need Whether You Live in Malibu, Topanga, Pacific Palisades, Calabasas, or Westlake Village
No matter if you’re involved in music, film, television, theatre, screenwriting, advertising, gaming, comic book development, a writer, musician, manager, agent, sports athlete, model or are an artist in another facet of the entertainment industry, the need for an experienced entertainment lawyer with legal experience on both sides of the Atlantic has never been greater for you no matter if you live in Malibu or a surrounding area and do work both in the U.S. and abroad.
With Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu on your side, you can rest easy knowing your rights are being protected in an industry where publicity can be a two-edged sword and the detailed fine print in a contract can make a deal worth doing or be a wasted effort. A simple film option for a book can leave you without any control and severely limit any compensation. A first time modeling agreement can be fraught with provisions that can ruin a model’s chance at a successful career before it even starts.
In addition to reviewing Book Publishing Contracts and Literary Agency Contracts, California Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu Is The Right Choice for Clients in Malibu, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Beverly Hills And The Entertainment Lawyer You Keep
You can rely on Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu not only when it comes to IP matters such as copyright and trademark applications and transfers, but also for licensing, litigation, dispute resolution by way of arbitration or mediation, international copyright and trademark protection, copyright infringement and trademark infringement matters, cease and desist letters, and litigation in federal court, as well as for matters involving information technology.
Unlike other entertainment lawyers who are more concerned with their own status than yours, we specialize in drafting entertainment contracts and agreements for whatever your needs require and know how much your rights, your image and your reputation matters to you.
An Experienced California Business Lawyer As Well As A Talented Entertainment Attorney
At the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson we also represent individuals and companies with their corporate matters, LLC formations, civil and transactional matters, insurance claims, business fraud and misrepresentation litigation, breach of fiduciary duty litigation, commercial leases, real estate non-disclosure litigation, partnership agreements and joint venture agreements.
Over the past 45 years as an International Entertainment and Business Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has represented cutting edge companies and creative individuals throughout the U.S. and the U.K. during his years of practicing law both in the U.S. and in London. He has represented major corporations, foreign government agencies, and members of a royal family.
Choosing the Right California Entertainment Lawyer in Malibu, Sebastian Gibson
With over 40 years of experience both in London and in California as an entertainment attorney, Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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 Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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. Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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, Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu will 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.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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 Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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, Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu 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 Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu.
Malibu Entertainment Celebrity Client Representation
Specializing in entertainment law, Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu can also assist you in all of your creative endeavors. We represent writers, musicians, artist managers, talent agents, models, entertainers, and members of the entertainment industry involved in music, music festivals, film, television, video games, theatre, screenwriting, songwriting, advertising, gaming, comic book development and artists in other facets of the entertainment industry.
We also are involved in product endorsement deals for athletes and celebrities, and have considerable experience with publicity rights and privacy rights cases and the misuse of images in advertising without proper releases. We represent fashion and jewelry designers, artists and authors in connection with their creative works and frequently donate our time to encouraging young artists in the entertainment fields.
For security and to ensure the privacy of our celebrity clients in Malibu and the surrounding areas, we are pleased to conduct meetings in the homes of our celebrity clients when they so desire or in another location of their choice.
The Right Choice for All Your Entertainment and Intellectual Property Matters in Malibu, Throughout California and Internationally
At the age of 16, Sebastian Gibson graduated early from high school to join an international live stage production with Oscar Nominated Actress Glenn Close and performed on tour in the U.S., internationally and on national television with Bob Hope and then Governor Ronald Reagan before attending UCLA and graduating cum laude despite performing nights as a musician to pay for his education.
Sebastian went on to graduate magna cum laude from law school in Wales, Great Britain and received a further law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. He has since then practiced law in London and from offices in Palm Desert and Newport Beach. For celebrity clients in Malibu and the surrounding areas we utilize private locations to ensure privacy.
Sebastian Gibson, Entertainment Lawyer Malibu is also a published writer having authored a political humor novel in 2012 and is also currently at work on a novel political thriller. While working in London, Sebastian Gibson also wrote and recorded a musical on the life of Shakespeare and utilized some of London’s best musicians and theatre performers on the West End for the recording. Since then he has written articles for both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal Newspapers.
Today, Malibu Entertainment Attorney Sebastian Gibson is also the right choice for entertainment events, concerts, live performances, festivals, world tours, competitions, tournaments and private sponsor parties in connection with music festivals and sporting events.
Choosing The Right California Entertainment Attorney When You Live in or near Malibu
Malibu Entertainment Attorney Sebastian Gibson’s practice areas in the field of entertainment law today 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, comedy festivals, charity events, fashion events, athletic events, sponsor parties, sponsorship agreements, endorsement agreements, film music licensing, merchandise agreements, performing artist contracts, book options for films and television, songwriter agreements, stage productions, art, fashion, modeling, publicity and privacy rights, misuse of images, athlete and celebrity representation and international entertainment matters.
If you have need of an entertainment attorney in Malibu or any of the surrounding areas including Topanga, Pacific Palisades, Calabasas or Westlake Village, call us at (760) 776-1810. You can also email us at SGibsonEsq@aol.com for entertainment matters in Santa Monica, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, the Palm Springs area and for matters throughout the U.S., London, England and all of Great Britain.
