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Film & Television
Production, distribution, and talent agreements for episodic and feature work.
Toronto · Established Counsel
Entertainment law
for the creative industry.
Sander Shalinsky represents the producers, studios, labels, and talent shaping the next era of film, television, and music with strategic, discreet, and unmistakably modern counsel.
15+
Years in entertainment
200+
Productions counseled
Toronto
Headquartered
Global
Reach & coverage
Introduction
A lawyer for the people who make the Music.
For more than fifteen years, Sander Shalinsky has counseled the producers, studios, labels, and talent who shape Canadian and global entertainment, translating ambitious creative ideas into structured, defensible business.
His practice is built on a quiet conviction: the strongest deals are the ones that protect the work and the people who make it. Whether the table is in a Toronto production office or a Los Angeles studio, the standard is the same.
Practice
Counsel across every
stage of the production.
A focused practice covering the contractual, transactional, and strategic terrain of the entertainment industry, from development through distribution.
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Music & Recording
Label, publishing, sync, and artist representation across the industry.
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Intellectual Property
Rights acquisition, licensing strategy, and long-term portfolio stewardship.
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Talent & Representation
Negotiation and structuring for actors, directors, musicians, and influencers.
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Production Agreements
End-to-end contracting for studios and independent production companies.
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Corporate Structuring
Entity formation, financing, and business architecture for creative ventures.
Sector
Film & Television
Productions, distributors, talent.
Sector
Music & Recording
Labels, publishing, sync, artists.
Sector
Rights & IP
Licensing, ownership, protection.
Counsel in Confidence
From those who've sat at the table.
Sander reads a deal the way a director reads a script, every beat in service of the whole. Indispensable counsel.
Independent Film Producer
Toronto
Strategic, discreet, and genuinely fluent in the realities of our industry. We don't move forward without him at the table.
Recording Artist Manager
Los Angeles
He treats a contract like a creative document, protective when it needs to be, generous when it can be.
Production Company Principal
Vancouver
Begin a Conversation
Bring the deal.
We'll bring the strategy.
Inquiries are reviewed personally. Please share the project, the parties, and the timeline, and a response will follow within one business day.
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