WISHNOW

LEGAL

Wishnow Legal is a New York-based entertainment law firm supporting creators in the narrative and documentary space. We provide transactional legal services, contract negotiations, and business affairs guidance tailored to your project's needs.  

Wishnow Legal is a New York-based entertainment law firm supporting creators in the narrative and documentary space. We provide transactional legal services, contract negotiations, and business affairs guidance tailored to your project's needs.  

Wishnow Legal is a New York-based entertainment law firm supporting creators in the narrative and documentary space. We provide transactional legal services, contract negotiations, and business affairs guidance tailored to your project's needs.  

Beyond traditional legal services, we act as strategic partners—helping you navigate complex deals and make informed decisions in the evolving  entertainment landscape. Our approach lets you focus on creating while we handle the rest. 

Beyond traditional legal services, we act as strategic partners—helping you navigate complex deals and make informed decisions in the evolving  entertainment landscape. Our approach lets you focus on creating while we handle the rest. 

Beyond traditional legal services, we act as strategic partners—helping you navigate complex deals and make informed decisions in the evolving  entertainment landscape. Our approach lets you focus on creating while we handle the rest. 

Production

We represent production companies and producers for film, television, and new media projects. Our services include the following:

  • Providing production counsel on individual projects (including drafting above-the-line agreements, department head agreements, location releases, music licenses, and all other pertinent agreements)

  • Negotiating offers for key talent

  • Drafting agreements related to development, including option and purchase agreements, shopping agreements, attachment agreements, and collaboration agreements

  • Working closely with third party networks, streamers, and other digital platforms to ensure that our services are in accordance with their requirements

  • Preparing credit memos to fulfill delivery obligations

Production
Production
Production

FINANCING & DISTRIBUTION

Our firm provides film financing and distribution support, including the drafting, review, and negotiation of the following:

  • Equity financing agreements

  • Tax credit loans

  • Collection account management agreements

  • Distribution agreements

  • Sales agency agreements

  • Finder’s fee agreements

  • Completion guarantor agreements

  • Other content licensing agreements and buy-outs

Financing & Distribution
Financing & Distribution
Financing & Distribution

TALENT

We represent behind the camera and on-screen talent, working alongside our client’s other representatives to provide the following:

  • Director agreements

  • Writing agreements

  • Producer agreements

  • Performer agreements

  • Development agreements, including option agreements, shopping agreements, and attachment agreements

  • Department head agreements and below-the-line crew deals

Talent
Talent
Talent

RIGHTS & CLEARANCES

Our firm provides necessary clearance guidance for your fiction and documentary projects, such as the following:

  • Reviewing and drafting any necessary agreements for a clean chain of title

  • Providing legal opinion letters covering fair use, defamation, and privacy risks for E&O

  • Advising on the application of the fair use doctrine

  • Weighing in on script clearance reports

  • Responding to clearance questions

  • General reviews of scripts and finished projects for potential legal issues

  • Handling brand integrations, product, and trademark releases

Rights & Clearances
Rights & Clearances
Rights & Clearances

PODCASTS

Our firm supports all aspects of podcast production and distribution, including the following:

  • Providing production counsel on individual podcast pilots or series

  • Drafting and negotiating offers for key talent, hosts, and guests

  • Drafting agreements related to underlying IP and negotiating derivative rights

  • Reviewing scripts and finished projects for potential legal issues

  • Drafting and reviewing composer agreements and music licenses

  • Brand integrations

  • Reviewing distribution agreements

Podcasts
Podcasts
Podcasts

ABOUT

Aviva Wishnow
Aviva Wishnow
Aviva Wishnow

Aviva Wishnow represents entertainment and media clients, including independent producers, production companies, financiers, directors, and writers. She covers a wide variety of development, financing, production, and distribution matters in the film, television, new media and podcast industries. She has provided counsel for acclaimed film and television projects across various platforms, including Netflix, Apple, HBO/Max, Amazon, Paramount+, and Hulu, and for studios, such as A24, Neon, and Lionsgate. 

Aviva Wishnow represents entertainment and media clients, including independent producers, production companies, financiers, directors, and writers. She covers a wide variety of development, financing, production, and distribution matters in the film, television, new media and podcast industries. She has provided counsel for acclaimed film and television projects across various platforms, including Netflix, Apple, HBO/Max, Amazon, Paramount+, and Hulu, and for studios, such as A24, Neon, and Lionsgate. 

Aviva Wishnow represents entertainment and media clients, including independent producers, production companies, financiers, directors, and writers. She covers a wide variety of development, financing, production, and distribution matters in the film, television, new media and podcast industries. She has provided counsel for acclaimed film and television projects across various platforms, including Netflix, Apple, HBO/Max, Amazon, Paramount+, and Hulu, and for studios, such as A24, Neon, and Lionsgate. 

Prior to founding Wishnow Legal, Aviva was an associate at Klaris Law and Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin & Jacobs (3B Law), as well as an in-house attorney at New York's flagship PBS station, WNET. 

Prior to founding Wishnow Legal, Aviva was an associate at Klaris Law and Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin & Jacobs (3B Law), as well as an in-house attorney at New York's flagship PBS station, WNET. 

Prior to founding Wishnow Legal, Aviva was an associate at Klaris Law and Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin & Jacobs (3B Law), as well as an in-house attorney at New York's flagship PBS station, WNET. 

In her work, Aviva draws on her own experience in the independent film industry. Before becoming an attorney, she worked on both the production and distribution side of independent films, with a focus on international sales. She produced films that premiered at Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca, and screened at President Obama's White House. She also co-founded a boutique production company, specializing in feature documentaries and branded content. 

In her work, Aviva draws on her own experience in the independent film industry. Before becoming an attorney, she worked on both the production and distribution side of independent films, with a focus on international sales. She produced films that premiered at Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca, and screened at President Obama's White House. She also co-founded a boutique production company, specializing in feature documentaries and branded content. 

In her work, Aviva draws on her own experience in the independent film industry. Before becoming an attorney, she worked on both the production and distribution side of independent films, with a focus on international sales. She produced films that premiered at Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca, and screened at President Obama's White House. She also co-founded a boutique production company, specializing in feature documentaries and branded content. 

Aviva graduated from Cardozo Law School and Oberlin College. She is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the New York City and NY State Bar Associations. 

Aviva graduated from Cardozo Law School and Oberlin College. She is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the New York City and NY State Bar Associations. 

Aviva graduated from Cardozo Law School and Oberlin College. She is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the New York City and NY State Bar Associations. 

CONTACT

Address

1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001

Phone

+646.470.0371

Email

hello@wishnowlegal.com