Entertainment Law Lawyer in Scarborough & Toronto

What's Included

Our entertainment law practice covers the full scope of work most clients need:

• Recording, publishing and licensing agreements
• Producer, side-artist and session agreements
• Film and TV production contracts
• Talent and influencer agreements
• Trademark and copyright strategy
• Sync and master use licensing
• Touring and merch contracts
• Royalty and audit disputes

What to Bring

• Existing agreements
• Project brief / pitch deck
• Co-creator information
• Rights ownership chain
• Financial / budget summary

Don't have everything ready? Send what you have and we'll guide you through the rest.

Entertainment Law for Toronto Creators & Independent Artists

Toronto is one of North America's most active entertainment markets — music, film, television, podcasting, gaming and digital content. The legal architecture behind every successful project is rarely visible to fans, but it is what determines who owns the work, who gets paid, and what happens when the project scales. We act for emerging and established artists, producers, managers, labels, production companies and digital creators across Canada.

Music industry agreements

• Recording agreements — including label deals, distribution agreements, and modern profit-share arrangements.
• Publishing and co-publishing agreements, with attention to controlled-composition issues and synchronization licensing.
• Producer agreements — royalty rates, advances, point splits, and credit obligations.
• Side-artist, session and featured-artist agreements.
• Manager agreements, with industry-standard commission caps and sunset clauses.
• Live performance and touring contracts, including rider negotiation and merchandising rights.

Film, TV and digital production

Production companies and content creators rely on a coordinated set of agreements: option and shopping agreements, writer and director deals, talent agreements, location releases, depiction releases, music sync licenses, distribution and platform agreements, and finance and chain-of-title documents. Where Canadian content (CanCon) funding is in play, the structure of these agreements often determines eligibility. We coordinate with Telefilm, OMDC and CMF financing requirements.

Rights, ownership and IP strategy

The most valuable asset in any entertainment career is the IP — the songs, scripts, recordings, characters, brand and trademarks. Many emerging artists unknowingly give those rights away in the first agreement they sign. We help you understand copyright ownership, moral rights, publicity rights, and the practical mechanics of registering Canadian (and where appropriate, U.S. or international) trademarks for your artist name, brand and logo.

Negotiating from a position of strength

Most deals in this industry are negotiable, especially in 2024-2026 as power shifts back to creators. Even modest changes — reversion clauses, audit rights, accelerated accounting, capped recoupment, term limits — have outsized financial impact over a career. We help you understand what to push on and what to accept, so the agreement reflects the real value of your contribution. Get in touch before you sign your next deal.