Media & Entertainment
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 2
Contact number
+1 416 862 7525About
Provided by Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
The global entertainment industry continues to flourish at a rapid pace, with artists and companies facing new challenges and exploring new possibilities every day.
From innovative technologies and platforms to new regulations and industry players, Gowling WLG is here to help you navigate complex legal issues and maximize your success.
Home to one of the world's leading entertainment law practices, our firm offers a tailored and comprehensive range of services to clients with entertainment-related legal needs. By leveraging the expertise of our top-ranked professionals, we help businesses and individuals achieve their desired outcomes – from securing the best deals to winning contentious disputes.
Whether it's music, television, film, theatre, book publishing, video games or sports, we know what it takes to protect and market your brand in a field that's full of competition and opportunity.
Our services include:
• Drafting and negotiating entertainment-related agreements
• Advising on deal terms and structures
• Counselling on international industry standards
• Managing rights acquisitions and dispositions
• Protecting and strengthening entertainment IP, including copyright and trademarks
• Dispute resolution, including arbitration, civil and criminal litigation
• Tax planning and assessing tax credits
• Estate planning
• Sponsorship and marketing
Chambers Review
Gowling is a highly regarded law firm with strong capabilities and breadth in servicing Canada's entertainment and IP practice areas. The firm advises a wide array of clients, including artists and corporations operating in the film and TV, music, multimedia and publishing industries, as well as handling NFT and blockchain issues. Its entertainment and sports law group provides specialist knowledge in the areas of content distribution, development and licensing, as well as contentious matters, and a range of corporate and commercial services. The firm fields the bulk of its expertise in entertainment law from its Toronto office.
Work Highlights
- Gowling represented Indspire in all aspects of the production of the Indspire awards.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A laser-like focus on fine detail and creative deal-making combined with a technocratic, rather than performative, approach to problem-solving."
"Gowling are excellent and always available."
"There has not been one issue Gowling have not been able to handle."
"Vast expertise and experience and a high pace of work. They are completely up to speed with what is happening out there and also who the players are."
"A laser-like focus on fine detail and creative deal-making combined with a technocratic, rather than performative, approach to problem-solving."
"Gowling are excellent and always available."
"There has not been one issue Gowling have not been able to handle."
"Vast expertise and experience and a high pace of work. They are completely up to speed with what is happening out there and also who the players are."
Notable Practitioners
Susan Abramovitch is a highly accomplished Toronto-based lawyer who is distinguished in representing corporations and artists from the music, art, publishing and television industries in a variety of contractual and copyright matters.
"Susan is excellent all around."
"Susan is the best lawyer we have ever worked with. She has far exceeded our expectations. Her expertise is unmatched and she has been instrumental in our strategic planning with partners."
"Susan is simply the best there is. Smart, fast, formidable (yet reasonable), thorough and operates with integrity at all times."