PRACTICE AREAS

INTERNATIONAL IP AND AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT DISTRIBUTION AND

CO-PRODUCTION PARTNERSHIPS

We are specialists trained and experienced in utilizing the following skills: 

Market research financial forecasting business planning and strategy branding and promotion.

Creation of business models partnering analyses programming acquisition production and co-productions 
Direct representation and sale of television programming in domestic and international markets business strategy, negotiation and operation of network branded programming blocks and spin-off channels in national, regional and worldwide markets through programming feed output deals and shared equity arrangement.

Establishing relations with corporate sponsors and major advertising agencies arranging distribution outlets for programs in the United States and other international markets.

Negotiation of joint venture, shareholder, co-production, network affiliation, syndication, sales representation, sponsorship, licensing and other standardized agreements facilitating the funding acquisition and exploitation of television programming, online gaming and related properties.

Clearance of worldwide multimedia exploitation by means of negotiations with producers, writers, on-air talent, music publishers, recording companies, music performance rights societies, motion pictures and television performer guilds and labor unions, artwork, music and photographer archives representatives and agents.

ENTERTAINMENT LAW

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We manage issues pertaining to agreements, rights of talent, music agreements, distribution, and licensing and merchandising with studios, networks, production companies and syndicators.

We also provide representation to an array of clients, including:

Producers

TV programs & series

Actors and actresses

Production companies

Musical performers

Networks

Copyright, trademark and chain of title

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SPORTS LAW

We work on international syndication and distribution negotiations and contracts for our clients. We also research regional pay satellite platforms in search of just the right venue for our clients and provide market-by-market local sales to broadcasters or pay television platforms.

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Examples of the types of work include:

Negotiating with investors;

Developing agreements with television networks;

Putting together contracts with athletes and collaborators;

We also aid individuals looking to start an MMA franchise who are seeking investors as well as television vehicles to launch proposed events.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW

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StimConsul, Ltd., is adept at negotiating and managing the broadcasting aspects of sporting events and live entertainment throughout the world.

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The success of these events often lies in the hands of the partnerships behind the scenes. We understand the importance of the business of sports and entertainment and play an integral role in ensuring the well-being of existing partnerships, continuously working diligently on negotiating the renewals of existing agreements and forging new ones.

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CORPORATE LAW

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We are highly experienced in setting up business formations, creating business governance and negotiating transactions. StimConsul, Ltd. has extensive experience in negotiations and interactions as well as protecting respective rights of partners and drafting articles of formation. We are skilled at retaining qualifying entities in other jurisdictions, tax compliance, securing federal employee ID numbers and setting up bank accounts.

Our firm develops all types of agreements, including:

Operating agreements

Shareholder agreements

Employment agreements

Contractor agreements

Joint venture agreements

Asset & sale agreements

Stock agreements

Purchase & sale agreements

From lawsuits to partner disputes to business expansion, we provide ongoing legal advice, design strategies for business disputes among partners, protect the rights of clients and build architecture for legal claims.

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EMPLOYMENT LAW

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We write employment agreements, including executive incentive agreements, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, stock options and grants agreements.

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Managing not only negotiations pertaining to employment but also terminations, including settlement agreements and severance packages. Our list of business clients is impressive, having successfully represented numerous corporate presidents, senior vice presidents and executives at a number of national television networks in the United States and abroad. While also advising employed clients on contract renegotiation and compliance issues and compiling agreements for clients that provide consulting services to various corporations.

StimConsul Ltd. negotiates every aspect of the employee contract, including:

Signing bonuses

Year-end bonuses

Salary

Vacation packages

Sick leave and personal time

Stock options

Pensions

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PRIVATE CABLE OPERATORS

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We help providers and operators acquire contracts, allowing them to provide their customers with cutting-edge services in the areas of television and Internet. We also negotiate contracts with bandwidth and equipment providers and suppliers, technical consultants, utilities and taxing authorities. In addition, We develop financing agreements, including mezzanine asset-based loans, joint ventures, LLCs and partnerships. Offering legal advice regarding disputes among operators and homeowner associations, building associations and management companies.

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OIL AND GAS

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We represent clients with investments in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas wells in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alberta, Canada.  Stephen Stim is co-manager of an oil company in Mississippi called Columbia Petroleum, LLC. The company has major holdings in Little Cedar Creek, Alabama, a major shale oil field, and has interests in eight different sections of those oil fields.

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Our firm negotiates and maintains agreements and handles litigation and administrative matters involving your operators, royalty owners, working interest owners, lessees and lessors. From analysis, negotiation and documentation of transactions related to exploration, development and operation of oil and gas properties, to performance of due diligence and preparation of agreements for the acquisition or disposition of oil and gas properties, we provide our clients with comprehensive legal counsel.

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TOP SKILLS

MEDIA RIGHTS

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Our Media Rights Practice capabilities encompass the following:

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Linear TV, Internet, Mobile and Social Media Regulation

Licensing/Distribution Agreements, Acquisition Agreements and Joint Ventures

Talent, Music and Visual Content Agreements

Cross-Industry Promotion and Co-Branding

Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement

Privacy, Security and Data Optimization

Negotiation, implementation and regulation of media arrangements for local and national TV and radio broadcasts

Regional sports network production and distribution

Licensing and syndication of media rights

Broadband and mobile technology deal

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TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT

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Our Trademark and Copyright capabilities include:

Client counseling

Trademark availability clearance

Due diligence with respect to acquisition of trademark portfolios and copyright libraries

Domestic registrations acquisition and maintenance 

Foreign registrations acquisition and maintenance

License agreements and assignments preparation

Domain name issues

Informal conflict resolution, both domestic and foreign 

Foreign litigation, both administrative and legal 

Domestic litigation before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the courts

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LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION

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In addition to representing our clients in complex commercial contract disputes, our litigation experience extends to the following core disciplines:

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Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights

Consumer Class Action and Regulatory Defense

Employment and Labor

Entertainment and Intellectual Property

Insurance Coverage and Defense

Marketing and Advertising Regulatory

Patent

Professional Services

Public Sector Litigation

Real Estate

Securities

Trusts and Estates

White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations

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VENTURE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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We understand that for many of our clients, their intellectual property is their most valuable asset. We help clients around the globe establish, acquire and protect, as well as develop and implement strategies to manage and exploit, their IP portfolios.
We are committed to helping our clients maximize the value of their intellectual property assets. We represent IP owners in complex transactions and high-stakes disputes. We assist with IP-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, intellectual property audits, asset-based financing, licenses and agreements, valuations, joint ventures, and e-commerce issues.

Other capabilities include:

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Adoption, use and protection of trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names and trade dress

Copyright protection and licensing

Trademark licensing opportunities

Combating ambush marketing tactics and enforcement of marketing rights

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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

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Our representation includes the following activities:

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Negotiated transactions involving all aspects of asset or stock acquisitions or dispositions, mergers, roll-ups, consent solicitations, spin-offs, management and leveraged buyouts, auctions, recapitalization and reorganizations, joint ventures, and strategic alliances

Corporate takeovers and proxy contests

Going-private transactions

Advice to boards of directors, special committees and other control persons on their fiduciary duties in corporate transactions, including in auction and takeover situations

Regulatory compliance, including securities law disclosure and antitrust compliance

Change-of-control transactions

CONTACT US

Here is where it all begins!

StimConsul, Ltd.

6 Perry Street, Suite 3,

New York, NY 10014

Phone: +1(917)-232-7382

Fax: +1(516)-802-3692

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