DEVELOPMENT

Identifying financing possibilities for projects

Negotiating and securing underlying rights and creating/closing legal agreements

Negotiating agreements between producers and third-party production companies

Negotiating on screen talent agreements for both scripted and unscripted productions

Securing format rights

Ensuring chain-of-title is clean, complete and uncompromised

Creating development budgets, schedules, and financing plans

Submitting development funding applications

Fulfilling funding agreement requirements

Tracking rights

Assessing production feasibility

Green-light strategizing 

Ensuring from inception that productions will be eligible for Cancon status and will qualify for tax credits, where applicable

Ensuring from conception that productions will be eligible for production services tax credits, where applicable

PRODUCTION

Drafting and negotiating broadcaster and financier agreements, as well as writer, director, producer, performer and crew deal memos

Creating and overseeing CMF, Telefilm, Rogers Cable Network Fund, Rogers Documentary Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, Independent Production Fund, Telus Fund applications, and more

Negotiating Production Services Agreements where applicable (including those with major studios and streamers)

Advising and drafting agreements for interprovincial and international treaty co-productions, as well as official co-ventures

Incorporating a single purpose production (sub) company for your production where applicable

Creating detailed budgets, financing plans, tax credit breakdowns and schedules for your production

Creating and submitting all elements required for Canadian federal and provincial domestic tax credits and grants

Creating and submitting all elements required for Canadian federal and provincial Production Services Tax Credits

Negotiating and closing interim financing facilities with various Canadian banking institutions and lenders

Creating required business affairs elements for various drawdown milestones due on every production

Securing financing drawdowns to ensure sufficient cash flow

Working with your accounting team to ensure your audit smoothly dovetails with all requirements per the tax credit applications

DISTRIBUTION AND REVENUE REPORTING

Advising on ways to protect and maximize your backend revenues

Negotiating and closing distribution agreements

Creating and distributing revenue reports with monies owed to investors and revenue participants in conjunction with your accountant

Creating a rights management system to help you maximize your company’s ability to exploit its production library