Alan U. Schwartz focuses his practice on all aspects of entertainment, intellectual property and associated corporate finance, tax and banking transactions. He is an innovator in "split rights" in film financing deals and insurance-enhanced bank lending arrangements. He is also highly experienced in legitimate theater and book publishing production and financing matters. Mr. Schwartz represents producers and production companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia in the production, financing and distribution of film and television production for world-wide distribution.
Areas of Concentration
· Motion picture and television production, financing and distribution
· Legitimate theater production and financing
· Book publishing
· Intellectual Property
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
· Member, New York State Bar Association
· Member, State Bar of California
· Trustee, Truman Capote Literary Trust
Awards & Recognition
· Named, U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Law Firm of the Year" in Entertainment Law - Music, 2011-2012
· Listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world, 2008-2011
· Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television, 2008-2012
· Featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal's Who's Who in L.A. Law list, 2007
· Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005-2009
· Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5*
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
Articles
· Co-author, "Privacy - The Right To Be Let Alone," and "Censorship-The Search for the Obscene" (The Macmillan Company), and "Lawyers and What They Do" (Franklin Watts)
· Mr. Schwartz has had numerous articles published in such magazines as Publishers Weekly, Atlantic Monthly, Theatre Arts Magazine, and the Saturday Review