Media sector (film, music and theatre) in Poland

Demanding artists, a disputes over intellectual property rights, a non-verbal supplier or defectively organized production set – does it sound familiar? Sooner or later, you may need professional legal advice, tailored to your needs.

Working for artists, curators and patronage is probably the most interesting part of our practice. We represent artists, publishers, media houses and distributors in matters related to contracts, disputes and administrative matters, as well as providing legal due diligence services.

We always try to make our solutions practical and adapted to your circumstances. In our communication with Clients or other parties, we avoid legal jargon, Latin phrases, or the creation of non-existent problems.

We advise in domestic and cross-border matters; we often act as a lawyers of your first choice, or in partnership with foreign lawyers.

We also employ lawyers and experts, with experience in international law.

If you require a bridge between your project and your foreign partner – there has never been easier way to do it – please contact us for further details!

  • Distribution companies, production companies – domestic and foreign;
  • Foundations, auction houses, and individuals.

We provide clear and transparent forms of remuneration for our work.

We will prepare a full or partial valuation of our work, which you can then approve with the financial departments / management of your company. After completing the work / some stage of it, we will prepare statement on how these costs were incurred and our invoice (depending on our contract).

In complex cases, most often our initial valuation begins with a fee of about 1,500.00 PLN + VAT to cover the first few hours of our work (that is approximately 320 Eur / US Dollars).

Below you will find selected matters in which we have been involved so far:

  • advising a theatre producer from the UK, on a case concerning a license to produce a musical in Poland;
  • providing services to the film team in matters related to the organization of the film production plan, and then in the dispute regarding the recovery of erroneously charged VAT;
  • advising the foundation on a case concerning the restitution claim of a painting from the collections of one of the museums in Poland;
  • advice to an agent and writer from the UK, in a case concerning one of the plots of the novel, set in communist Poland;

Please contact us at info@wsalegal.com or at (+48) 22 203 54 91, or use the form below if you are interested in our services.

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