Entertainment Law Conference - Cross Media Considerations and Contracting: End-to-End Considerations When You Are Engaging Creatives
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Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
3.00pm to 4.00pm End-to-End Considerations When You Are Engaging Creatives
Analyse end-to-end considerations applicable to the engagement of a range of creative talent, including those involved in live-production, film and TV, including:
- Employee or contractor?
- Key contractual considerations for creative engagements (including learnings arising out of COVID)
- The taxation considerations of engagements: including income tax, payroll tax and superannuation
- Managing your talent during the term of their engagement including to reduce risk and derive maximum benefit for both parties
Presented by Rebecca Lindhout, Special Counsel, McCullough Robertson and Melinda Peters, Partner, Tax Specialist, McCullough Robertson
Presenters
Rebecca Lindhout
Rebecca Lindhout is Special Counsel in McCullough Robertson’s Digital & IP Team. She acts across a broad range of TMT matters, including media rights, sponsorship, talent, marketing, telco, technology procurement and technology services agreements. She also advises on general commercial arrangements and the IP/IT aspects of corporate transactions. Rebecca obtained her law degree from Oxford University and trained at Slaughter and May in London, including on secondment to ITV where she was Commercial Affairs Executive (Sport). She also spent a number of years working in the legal team at FOX SPORTS Australia. Rebecca is a member of the executive committee of the Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA).
Melinda Peters
A specialist tax and duty lawyer, Melinda provides advice on transaction structuring and re-structuring with a view to helping clients achieve tax effective outcomes. Additionally she assists clients with inbound and outbound investment structures, mergers and acquisitions and works actively with clients to prepare for and manage a broad range of tax controversy matters - from audit stage through to legal proceedings. Melinda currently acts for a range of clients across a number of industries. Her clients currently include multinational corporations with Australian resource interests, a number of ASX-listed companies and widely held investment funds. She also acts for a number of growing Australian businesses.