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International development: legal challenges | Commercial law

Articles, Emerging companies, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Litigation & dispute resolution

In order to develop one’s market and increase turnover potential, a company should widen its business internationally. What are the legal and commercial aspects that need to be checked, in order to ensure a successful international development?  1. Draft a business plan Firstly, international expansion starts with drafting a business plan, comprising, in particular, a budget forecasting the transaction costs, more »

Updates

Copyright & neighbouring rights updates on both sides of the pond: progress in sight for right owners | Entertainment law

Articles, Copyright litigation, Entertainment & media, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Litigation & dispute resolution, Music law

Notable headway is being made, on both sides of the pond, to legislate for better protection and empowerment of right owners. While such parallel progresses, made in the European Union and the USA, do not relate to resolving the same business and legal issues pertaining to copyright and neighbouring rights, they are notable as they more »

Registration of beneficial ownership

Registration of beneficial ownership: time to take action | Corporate law

Antitrust & competition, Articles, Banking & finance, Capital markets, Consumer goods & retail, Emerging companies, Entertainment & media, Fashion law, Gaming, Hospitality, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Internet & digital media, Life sciences, Mergers & acquisitions, Music law, Outsourcing, Private equity & private equity finance, Real estate, Tax, Technology transactions

What are business owners obligations, in terms of registering beneficial ownership of their companies? How do these obligations differ, in France and the United Kingdom, even though such obligations stem from the same European legislation, i.e. the European Directive 2015/849 dated 20 May 2015 on money laundering?  1. What is this all about? On 20 May more »

Tribeca film festival

Annabelle Gauberti featured in documentary “The man who stole Banksy” | Tribeca Film Festival

Art law, Copyright litigation, Entertainment & media, Events, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Law of luxury goods, Litigation & dispute resolution, Media coverage, Webcasts & Podcasts

Annabelle Gauberti, founding partner of Crefovi, is featured in the upcoming documentary, written, directed and produced by Crefovi client Marco Proserpio, “The man who stole Banksy”.  The documentary will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival from 20 to 26 April 2018.   THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY – Trailer from Marco Proserpio. Synopsis: In 2007, more »

Netflix vertical integration

Netflix vertical integration strategy: I was right on the money | Entertainment law

Antitrust & competition, Articles, Banking & finance, Copyright litigation, Emerging companies, Entertainment & media, Information technology - hardware, software & services, Intellectual property & IP litigation, Internet & digital media, Litigation & dispute resolution, Media coverage, Mergers & acquisitions, Private equity & private equity finance, Technology transactions

Where does Netflix stand, in terms of expanding its business model, content and distribution channels, worldwide? Where is it heading towards, in the current content distribution ecosystem?  1. Netflix’s state of play in 2018 On 15 May 2015, during the “In conversation with Ted Sarandos” event at the Cannes Film Festival, I asked Netflix’s chief more »