Live Entertainment Law (Concerts & Events)
We provide comprehensive legal advice to domestic and international artists, producers, promoters, concert agencies, managers and agents in all legal aspects of live entertainment related law.
This particularly comprises inter alia the conception, drafting & negotiation of live entertainment related contracts, especially
- Tour agreements
- Concert and festival agreements
- Promoter contracts
- Production contracts and other event contracts
Further, we advise on all legal issues which are linked to the above, inter alia:
- Cooperations & acquisitions in the live entertainment industry
- Merchandising contracts
- Sponsorship agreements
- Catering & venue contracts
In addition to the legal counseling, together with our cooperation partner from Färber & Partner mbB tax advisers, we are able to provide our clients with focused tax advice to the specific needs of the live entertainment sector. Färber & Partner has been advising clients from the live entertainment industry for more than 35 years on all aspects of branch specific tax issues such as income and turnover tax treatment of performances, the application of double taxation treaties, withholding tax issues (Section 50a German Income Tax Act – “Ausländersteuer”) as well as questions of social security levy (Künstlersozialkasse), collecting society fees (GEMA) and social insurance law.
Contact Person
Thomas T. Färber
Lawyer
Specialist lawyer for labor law
Specialist lawyer for labor law
Dr. Steffen A. Hutzel, LL.M.
Lawyer
Specialist lawyer for tenancy law, real estate and residential property law
Notary
Specialist lawyer for tenancy law, real estate and residential property law
Notary