Arthur Evrensel

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Arthur Evrensel is a founding partner of Michael, Evrensel & Pawar LLP. He advises clients on business and entertainment law matters relating to television and motion picture development, production, financing, and distribution, as well as digital media. Arthur has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating and drafting of financing and distribution arrangements for international television and motion picture treaty co-productions and co-ventures. His practice focuses on representing content producers, writers, directors, investors, broadcasters, financiers, content creators, distributors, animation companies and international studios involved in the filmed entertainment and digital media industries.

Arthur has published numerous articles relating to international co-productions and bank financing in the filmed entertainment industry. He has lectured on entertainment law at McGill University and the University of British Columbia. He has chaired numerous seminars relating to the film and television industry in Canada, the United States, China, and England. Arthur was the contributing editor of the Entertainment Agreements Volume of Canadian Forms & Precedents (2001-2007) published by Butterworths Canada. He is a graduate of McGill Law School (1985).

Arthur has served as a member of the Board of Directors of several companies including Lions Gate Entertainment for over 19 years (2001-2020).