Cerasela Vlad

Attorney at law with the Paris bar.

My practice focuses on creation and entertainment. I advise and represent creative project owners, authors, talents and in general all players in the entertainment and media sectors.

I teach Media law at the Paris VII Diderot University (Cultural Intelligence and Innovation Master).

My firm provides legal expertise at every stage of the creation and business process. Our services include, for example:

✪ DUE DILIGENCE, LEGAL ADVICE & ASSISTANCE, TRAINING

o Due diligence of existing contracts and processes
o Legal advice and recommendations:
• intellectual property law (rights to specific categories of works, ownership, IP assignments)
• commercial law, consumer and competition law (cooperation, distribution agreements, promotional activities, e-commerce)
• labor law (work made for hire, union agreements, employment of minors)
• tax law (tax reliefs for creation and R&D)
o Legal training for company employees and independent contractors

✪ CONTRACT DRAFTING AND NEGOTIATION

o Authors, artists, models
o Music labels and agents
o Audiovisual and theatrical film production
o Work for hire
o Publishing
o Broadcasting
o Distribution
o License
o Advertising
o Product placement
o Exchange, Co-marketing
o Merchandising
o Trademark agreements (assignment, coexistence)
o Development, maintenance
o Manufacturing
o Lease (facilities, equipment)
o Escrow
o Financial guarantees
o Insurance
o Terms of use / Terms of sale
o Non-disclosure
o Services
o Privacy policy

✪ ASSISTANCE WITH THIRD PARTIES

o Rights clearances
o Assistance with legal filings (insurance, deliveries, licenses, permits, financing)

✪ LITIGATION (CEASE AND DESIST, LEGAL COMPLAINTS, SETTLEMENTS, ENFORCEMENT)

o IP infringement, unfair competition, parasitisme
o False or misleading advertisement
o Contract liability
o Libel, Defamation, new technologies related misdemeanors
o Labor disputes

✪ TRANSLATION OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS (no authentic value)

For more information please visit .