Entertainment & Media

HunterMaclean’s entertainment practice group assists clients with the many legal demands of the complex business of entertainment, including drafting agreements and negotiating contracts, protecting intellectual property, and forming business entities through partnerships, corporations, and subsidiaries.

Overview

Iconic films like Forrest Gump and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil may have put Savannah on the map for moviegoers, but coastal Georgia has long been a destination for productions seeking the wide range of natural and historic assets that the area provides. Georgia’s film production increased exponentially when the state enacted Georgia Production Incentives, one of the nation’s most competitive production tax credit programs. In 2015 Georgia ranked third in the country for production, and in 2016 the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA) added Savannah Entertainment Production Incentives – on top of Georgia’s statewide incentives – to grow the industry in the coastal region.

With deep roots in the Savannah business community, HunterMaclean’s entertainment practice has grown alongside the local film industry, providing assistance to production companies, vendors, producers, and business owners with production and media related transactional matters and disputes.

HunterMaclean’s entertainment practice group assists clients with the many legal demands of the complex business of entertainment, including drafting agreements and negotiating contracts, protecting intellectual property, and forming business entities through partnerships, corporations, and subsidiaries. We oversee the mergers and acquisition of companies and handle employment agreements, immigration issues, independent contractor and vendor agreements, tax credits, and information technology matters that typically arise in the industry. HunterMaclean’s seasoned litigators also provide rapid and effective response to disputes that may develop during local productions.

The HunterMaclean entertainment practice group is equipped with the skills and experience to advocate for our clients’ best interests in all stages of film and television development and production and to assist businesses looking to get into this fast-growing and potentially highly profitable industry.

Arbitration & Mediation

HunterMaclean’s arbitration and mediation practice group features a talented team of attorneys who have served as mediators and arbitrators and who also routinely represent clients in various dispute resolution settings…

Business Litigation

HunterMaclean’s business litigation attorneys handle a wide variety of complex business issues for corporate clients and individuals locally, regionally, and nationally.

Construction

HunterMaclean has successfully represented clients from all facets of the building and construction industry, including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, and bonding companies.

Corporate

HunterMaclean’s corporate law practice group represents clients in securities transactions, private equity and venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and business and asset dispositions.

Employment

HunterMaclean’s employment practice group is best known for its expertise in working with and for employers, that is, businesses, nonprofits, governmental entities, and their management teams.

Immigration

HunterMaclean’s immigration practice group has over twenty years of experience in a wide range of complex immigration issues and has represented foreign nationals and companies from all over the world.

Information Technology & Outsourcing

HunterMaclean’s information technology and outsourcing practice group provides clients with effective, practical, and dynamic solutions to technology-related contracting and legal compliance needs.

Intellectual Property

HunterMaclean’s intellectual property practice group provides comprehensive legal and business counsel on a wide range of intellectual property issues, including related to copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, and unfair…

Litigation

HunterMaclean’s litigation attorneys regularly represent clients in federal and state courts, administrative proceedings, arbitration panels, and other alternative dispute resolution tribunals.

Professional Malpractice

HunterMaclean’s professional malpractice group has been representing accountants, architects, attorneys, dentists, engineers, financial advisors, insurance professionals, and physicians in professional liability matters for over forty years.

Real Estate

HunterMaclean’s real estate practice group offers comprehensive legal and business counsel on a wide range of real estate matters.

Taxation

HunterMaclean’s taxation practice group excels in the areas of federal and state income taxation, federal estate and gift taxation, employee benefits, and partnership and pass-through entities.


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