McGrath Legal

McGrath Legal, with over two decades of experience, is renowned for providing strategic legal services tailored to the media, entertainment, and communications sectors. Our expertise encompasses a wide array of services, catering to some of the world's leading media and advertising agencies. We offer comprehensive support in Film & Television, covering essential areas such as contracting for development, financing, production, and distribution. Our services extend to film financing structures, completion bonds, and comprehensive agreements with sales agents and distributors. Additionally, we handle broadcast licences, rights acquisitions, and conduct meticulous title and chain of title reviews, ensuring all pre-broadcast legal audits and errors & omissions clearances are managed with precision. Our Music & Publishing services include everything from book publishing and rights optioning to online publishing clearance. We are adept at handling music commissioning, recording, publishing, and licensing, with a well-established relationship with APRA/AMCOS. In Technology & Online sectors, McGrath Legal provides expert advice on software development and licensing, SaaS agreements, and the creation of robust website and app terms and conditions. Privacy policies and online data protection measures are crafted with precision, alongside production and licensing agreements for digital content and games. Our Communications insights cover advertising services, online marketing strategies, and social media compliance, ensuring adherence to advertising industry codes and the Competition and Consumer Act. We assist clients with sponsorships, promotions, and public relations, alongside offering solutions for agency-client disputes and debt recovery. Our commitment to Intellectual Property rights is demonstrated through services that facilitate brand selection, national and international trademark registrations, and robust copyright protection measures. In corporate and commercial realms, we navigate acquisitions, divestments, and provide expert legal due diligence. Our proficiency with shareholder agreements, corporate governance, and Corporations Act compliance ensures that businesses are structurally sound and legally protected. Employment law expertise at McGrath Legal spans across creating thorough employee and contractor agreements, developing incentive schemes, and managing workplace policies. We provide representation in anti-discrimination and unfair dismissal claims, ensuring compliance with Fair Work legislation. Our practice is distinguished by a combination of international experience and local knowledge, delivering highly responsive service and insight to clients such as producers, broadcasters, funding bodies, advertising agencies, and technology firms. McGrath Legal is committed to ensuring our clients receive reliable legal solutions that align with their commercial objectives.