DALTON SANDOVAL was established in 2005 and is now one of the leading French legal practices in the film and television sector. We serve the needs of producers, distributors, financiers, banks, broadcasters and sales agents for specialised legal and business affairs services in connection with cross border film and TV co-production, distribution and multi-party financing and security arrangements usually involving a French or Belgian component. Our clients range from US and European majors, funds and banks to first time producers. We also have specialist experience in the following areas: - film library acquisitions, disposals and audits - presale rights acquisitions and licensing and associated banking and security documentation - short term lending, mezzanine funding and associated security documentation - fund and private equity investment structuring in the film and TV production and distribution sector - audit, debt recovery and insolvency matters in the home entertainment sector - regulatory advice (French broadcast quota and CSA compliance, statutory "time to market" windows, public funding, co-production treaties, domestic and international tax credit structuring) - completion guarantee documentation - E&O risk analysis (copyright, trademark infringment, title, defamation, privacy, passing off etc.,) - US and French talent engagement and guilds (SAG, WGA, DGA, SACD) DALTON SANDOVAL has provided production and financing legal services in connection with numerous prestigious feature films and TV series including THE GHOST WRITER (Roman Polanski, 2010), MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen, 2011), WEEKEND OF A CHAMPION (Roman Polanski, 2012), DIANA (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2013), RUSH (Ron Howard, 2013), VENUS IN FUR (Roman Polanski, 2013), GRACE OF MONACO (Olivier Dahan, 2014), MARSEILLE (Netflix/Federation Entertainment, 2016)