Lights, Camera, Capital: Financing Media and Entertainment Projects
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Reception 7:00 pm - 7:30pm
Format: In-Person
Where: New York City Bar
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
Description:
This program will explore the evolving landscape of entertainment financing across a broad range of media properties, including independent film, television, theater, live entertainment, gaming, and emerging forms of digital media. Moderators will engage panelists in a discussion about the legal and business structures commonly used to develop, finance, produce, and monetize entertainment projects across these different types of media, including as equity investments, debt financing, tax incentives, co-productions, slate financing, sponsorships, pre-sales, licensing arrangements, and alternative financing models, and address how financing considerations differ across media formats and distribution models and funding sources. Attorneys practicing in the areas of media and entertainment, media, corporate and corporate finance, and intellectual property will benefit from practical guidance on structuring transactions, allocating risk, negotiating financing documents, and advising clients in a rapidly changing media landscape, especially as the boundaries between traditional and emerging media continue to blur and transmedia adaptions become more and more prevalent. This program will provide attendees with a current, cross-disciplinary understanding of the legal and commercial issues shaping entertainment finance today.
Special Feature: This program will be followed by a networking reception sponsored by Moore & Van Allen.
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Program Fee:
$79 for Members | $179 for Nonmembers
CLE Credit:
New York: 1.5 Professional Practice
New Jersey: 1.8 General
California: 1.5 General
Pennsylvania: 1.5 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
*For New York Newly Admitted Attorneys: Skills credits completed after December 31, 2025, must be completed in the traditional live classroom setting or by fully interactive videoconference. City Bar Webinar programs are not considered a fully interactive videoconference. Please see the CLE Format Requirements for Newly Admitted Attorneys for additional information.
For New York Attorneys: This program is a transitional/non-transitional course.
Program Co-Chairs and Moderators:
Joshua M. Greenberg
Pryor Cashman LLP
Aviva Wishnow | Wishnow Legal
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Entertainment Law | Stephanie A. Jacqueney, Chair
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