Media & Entertainment - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
Distinguished boutique Cesnik, Quintino e Salinas Advogados maintains its top-tier position in the rankings due to its long-standing expertise assisting major multinational players from the film production, broadcasting and audiovisual industries with both contentious and non-contentious mandates. Its prestigious team has experience representing companies in lawsuits relating to the infringement of performance rights and administrative procedures before ANCINE, as well as advising them on financing, regulatory and contractual matters for the development of entertainment projects.
Strengths
"They have expertise in audio-visual and are our go-to for media and entertainment matters."
"They have a multidisciplinary team, are responsive and are punctual with the deadlines."
"They delivered much more than we could expect."
Work Highlights
Cesnik, Quintino e Salinas Advogados advised BBC UK providing updates on all legal and regulatory provisions and restrictions applicable to their operations in Brazil for both content production and pay-tv programming in order to minimise risks.
Notable Practitioners
Fábio Cesnik is a distinguished authority in the media and entertainment market. He offers clients a wealth of experience across a range of different sophisticated consultancy matters, including public policies and regulatory issues, co-production, selling and licensing agreements, tax incentives, risk analysis and structuring of new business. "He is without a doubt a top-tier entertainment lawyer." "Fábio has in-depth knowledge, offers us a great network plus knows who we are and what we want." "Fábio is a pioneer in media and entertainment law."
Rodrigo Salinas is a well-established practitioner who is able to handle a wide array of media and entertainment matters, including strategic consultancy work, IP rights licensing agreements and rights clearance strategy. "He is available, adaptable and efficient." "Rodrigo is a lawyer who knows M&E well and is extremely technical." "Rodrigo knows a lot about copyright law and tax incentives in the entertainment industry."
Jose Mauricio Fittipaldi is an experienced and well-regarded practitioner in the field, especially concerning negotiation of talent agreements and production-related legal work. "He is very efficient, present and available." "He dealt with extremely complex matters and he had emotional balance during very complicated moments." "Fittipaldi is extremely skilled and brought calmness to the negotiation."
