Tara Parker

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Entertainment partner. Represents major U.S., international and Canadian studios, broadcasters/networks, producers, literary, musical, theatrical and other creative and business clients on media-related matters, including financing structures, tax incentives, international co-productions and joint-ventures, rights acquisitions, format licence and distribution and streaming deals, errors and omissions insurance, talent deals, guilds/unions, clearance and copyright law matters.

Career

Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as the 2021 Toronto Entertainment Law “Lawyer of the Year” and is also recognized by Chambers Canada, Lexpert, The Lexpert/ALM Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, Who's Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers and Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law. Frequent speaker/panelist at media conferences and guest lecturer. Has appeared as an expert on BNN and CTV networks and contributes articles to various Entertainment Law publications.

Professional Memberships

Past President and Chair of Crow’s Theatre. Member of LSO, WIFT-Toronto, Film Ontario, and ACCT, and past member of OBA’s Entertainment, Media, and Communications Law Section Executive.