ENTERTAINMENT
& MEDIA LAW
Specializing in helping clients navigate entertainment law issues as they bring their creative ideas to life in British Columbia.
This is just a small sample of what we do. There is much more detail on how we can support you with your entertainment and business law issues on our Practice Areas page.
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FILM & TV
All legal aspects of film, TV & media production, including E&O clearances & tax credit opinions.
MUSIC
All legal matters related to music, including publishing agreements, record deals, and more.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
WORKPLACE LAW
TRADEMARKS: registrations, licensing, and infringements.
COPYRIGHTS & AI: registrations, cyber-squatting, infringements, and licensing.
Legal matters related to labor and employment issues, including employment contracts and termination.
BUSINESS LAW
Incorporations and registrations of businesses, as well as all related transactions.
CALIFORNIA LAW
We are affiliated with Goff Law in California, to support cross-border deals.
ABOUT JEFF YOUNG
During a more than 35 year long legal career, Jeff has negotiated with entertainment and media corporations including Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Virgin, BMG, ABC/Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, Paramount and Warner/Chappell. He acted as the Director of Contracts and Chief Negotiator for the Union of BC Performers, and was a legal consultant to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on entertainment and digital media issues.
After 10 years practicing corporate and real estate law - during which he acted as counsel on one of the largest business immigration cases in Canada, which ultimately won at the Supreme Court of Canada - he switched to entertainment. This reflected his life-long love of the entertainment industry, which he participates in as a film composer and music producer.
Jeff has acted for and advised award winning recording artists and leading film and television performers, representing international, local major, and independent film and TV clients. Companies that have received his legal work include Fox Family Channel, the OutTV Network, The Vancouver Whitecaps, Shavick Entertainment, and the Shaw Rocket Fund.
Jeff is passionate about helping creative clients understand their legal rights, and speaks widely at industry events. He has also taught film law and new media law at UBC and BCIT, and was the founding head of the Entertainment Business Management Diploma Program at VFS. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the UVic Law School.
OUR LAWYERS
JEFF YOUNG
He/Him
DAVID HEINRICH
He/Him
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Music deals
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Trademarks
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Adjunct Professor of Law at UVic
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Trademarks
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E&O Clearances
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Citizen of Lower Similkameen First Nation
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