Nixon Peabody LLP

  • People
  • Capabilities
  • Insights
  • About

Trending Topics

    • People
    • Capabilities
    • Insights
    • About
    • Locations
    • Events
    • Careers
    • Alumni

    Practices

    View All

    • Affordable Housing
    • Community Development Finance
    • Corporate & Finance
    • Cybersecurity & Privacy
    • Environmental
    • Franchising & Distribution
    • Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
    • Healthcare
    • Intellectual Property
    • International Services
    • Labor & Employment
    • Litigation
    • Private Wealth & Advisory
    • Project Finance
    • Public Finance
    • Real Estate
    • Regulatory & Government Relations

    Industries

    View All

    • Cannabis
    • Consumer
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Healthcare
    • Higher Education
    • Infrastructure
    • Manufacturing
    • Non Profit
    • Real Estate
    • Technology

    Value-Added Services

    View All

    • Alternative Fee Arrangements

      Developing innovative pricing structures and alternative fee agreement models that deliver additional value for our clients.

    • Continuing Education

      Advancing professional knowledge and offering credits for attorneys, staff and other professionals.

    • Crisis Advisory

      Helping clients respond correctly when a crisis occurs.

    • DEI Strategic Services

      Providing our clients with legal, strategic, and practical advice to make transformational changes in their organizations.

    • eDiscovery

      Leveraging law and technology to deliver sound solutions.

    • Global Services

      Delivering seamless service through partnerships across the globe.

    • Innovation

      Leveraging leading-edge technology to guide change and create seamless, collaborative experiences for clients and attorneys.

    • IPED

      Industry-leading conferences focused on affordable housing, tax credits, and more.

    • Legal Project Management

      Providing actionable information to support strategic decision-making.

    • Legally Green

      Teaming with clients to advance sustainable projects, mitigate the effects of climate change, and protect our planet.

    • Nixon Peabody Trust Company

      Offering a range of investment management and fiduciary services.

    • NP Capital Connector

      Bringing together companies and investors for tomorrow’s new deals.

    • NP Second Opinion

      Offering fresh insights on cases that are delayed, over budget, or off-target from the desired resolution.

    • NP Trial

      Courtroom-ready lawyers who can resolve disputes early on clients’ terms or prevail at trial before a judge or jury.

    • Social Impact

      Creating positive impact in our communities through increasing equity, access, and opportunity.

    Entertainment

    Protecting and monetizing the entertainment industry is more critical than ever before. Nixon Peabody’s dedicated team helps athletes, artists, influencers, and companies navigate the industry’s ever-evolving landscape.

    Overview

    Our Entertainment team helps clients find the right strategic partners, creatively structure deals, maintain ownership, and protect their rights across all entertainment and social media platforms. We understand the drivers of your business, since we represent talent, management, consumer companies, and advertising agencies that work at the intersection of talent and brand.

    We work with clients ranging from emerging social media influencers on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok who need to protect and monetize their brands, to established superstar talent and estates, handling all aspects of traditional entertainment issues related to TV, film, live theater, book publishing, and music. We also represent both start-up and established consumer companies, advising on campaigns and talent engagement. Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, several of our attorneys served as in-house counsel as well as in non-legal roles in entertainment, offering our clients unparalleled industry insight and knowledge.

    Representative Experience

    • Counsel consumer brands on protecting and enforcing trademarks and copyrights, as well as negotiating collaboration agreements and global licensing deals with celebrity talent, athletes, and social media influencers
    • Advise social media personalities, including some of the most-followed and highest-earning content creators on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, in connection with protecting and monetizing their intellectual property
    • World’s leading concert promoters, talent agencies, music venues, festivals, and live streaming platforms in connection with negotiating tour sponsorship and endorsement agreements
    • Top recording artists, music producers, and songwriters in connection with negotiating recording agreements, distribution agreements, publishing agreements, and catalog sales
    • Actors and models in negotiating endorsement and licensing agreements with consumer brands, joint ventures, manufacturing, and distribution agreements for new product line launches, and negotiating publishing agreements and deals for television and film roles
    • Professional athletes in negotiating a variety of agreements, including endorsement agreements, appearance agreements, and joint ventures and licensing agreements
    • Advise award-winning advertising agencies on all aspects of their business including negotiating Master Services Agreements (MSA) and scopes of work (SOW) with their clients, engaging third-party vendors, IP clearance, employment, and litigation matters
    • TV and film producers, writers, and directors in negotiating production services agreements, option agreements, and handling production legal for unscripted and scripted television, documentary, and feature projects

    Recognition

    • Recognized in Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report in 2022

      Focus Areas

      • Advertising, Promotions & Rights of Publicity
      • Social Media

      The emergence of NFTs, has created a massive shift in the creator economy. Creators are taking greater control over their content and leveraging new monetization opportunities in ways never before possible.

      Ellie L. HeislerPartner, Team Leader, Entertainment

      See Full Team
      • Ellie L. Heisler

        Partner, Team leader, Entertainment
        • Los Angeles
        • Office:213.629.6097
        • eheisler@nixonpeabody.com
        Ellie L. Heisler
      • Carron Joan Mitchell

        Partner
        • Los Angeles
        • Office:213.629.6197
        • cjmitchell@nixonpeabody.com
        Carron Joan Mitchell
      • Christina S. Chang

        Counsel
        • Los Angeles
        • Office:213.629.6067
        • cchang@nixonpeabody.com
        Christina S. Chang
      • Farrah A. Usmani

        Counsel
        • fusmani@nixonpeabody.com
        Farrah A. Usmani
      • April Hua

        Associate
        • Los Angeles
        • Office:213.629.6173
        • ahua@nixonpeabody.com
        April Hua
      • Marissa B. Wiley

        Partner
        • Albany
        • Office:518.427.2676
        • mwiley@nixonpeabody.com
        Marissa B. Wiley
      See full team

      Insights And Happenings

      • Video

        NFTs in contracts and the courts

        Intellectual Property
        Dec 7, 2022
      • Podcast

        The ethics of recording strangers

        Nov 10, 2022
      • Press Release

        16 Nixon Peabody attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America®

        Aug 18, 2022

      Subscribe to stay informed of the latest legal news, alerts, and business trends.Subscribe

      • People
      • Capabilities
      • Insights
      • About
      • Locations
      • Events
      • Careers
      • Alumni
      • © 2023 Nixon Peabody. All rights reserved
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
      • Statement of Client Rights
      • Supplier Diversity Program
      • Nixon Peabody International LLC
      • PAL