RAISING MONEY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY:
AN OVERVIEW OF INNOVATIVE FINANCING VEHICLES

This panel will explore the entertainment industry across media platforms, continents, and industry segments, highlighting innovative means used to finance such ventures as Hollywood and Bollywood feature films, television programming, and music production. Panelists will also discuss optimal transactional structures in cases where intellectual property valuation is instrumental in determining a deal’s overall value.

MODERATOR:

Shourya Mandal, Partner
Fox Mandal Solicitors & Advocates, India
Shourya Mandal is a partner at Fox Mandal and deals with various types of corporate and commercial matters. He has been named as a leading individual in the field of corporate/M&A matters by Asia Pacific Legal 500 and as a leading real estate lawyer in the International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers.


PANELISTS:

Dan Miller, Director
Screen Capital International, United States
Dan Miller is a director of Screen Capital International (SCI). His primary areas of responsibility include overseeing the company's entertainment lending and advisory business segments, which include mezzanine lending for independent film production and originating structured "slate" financing vehicles for leading producer and agency clients.

Ameet Naik, Founding and Managing Partner
Naik, Naik, Iyer & Co., India
Ameet Naik is the founder and managing partner of Naik, Naik, Iyer & Co. He specializes in the areas of media and entertainment law, corporate transaction support, and arbitration. Mr. Naik has been featured in Economic Times for NNICO’s achievement for the legal support provided to the television and film industry.

Roy A. Salter, Principal
The Salter Group, LLC, United States
Roy Salter directs The Salter Group's overall practice and project management efforts. Prior to The Salter Group, Mr. Salter was a principal and managing director with the investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where he co-managed the firm's global industry group practices, including Entertainment & Media, Health Care, Telecom-Media-Technology, and Diversified Industries. MORE>

Barry H. Smith, Partner
Reed Smith LLP, United Kingdom
Barry Smith, a partner in Reed Smith’s Advertising, Technology & Media Group, specializes in a wide range of transactional issues covering all aspects of the media and entertainment industries with particular reference to film and television finance, production, and distribution. Mr. Smith has expertise in all financial production and distribution issues arising in media transactions. MORE>

Matthew C. Thompson, Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, United States
Matthew Thompson is a partner in the Corporate Entertainment Group at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. He has a wide-ranging corporate entertainment practice representing studios, networks, financial institutions, equity investors, completion guarantors, distributors, sales agents, producers, directors, writers, and actors. MORE>

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