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North Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Director of Legal and Business Affairs at Blue Ant Media specializing in film and television production and distribution. Responsibilities include: • Negotiating and drafting scripted, unscripted and animation development, production, financing and distribution agreements with broadcasters, streamers, networks, production companies and/or funds and grants. Recent programs include CANADA’S DRAG RACE Seasons 2 & 3; HOTEL PARANORMAL S2, DOOMLANDS, PARANORMAL HOTLINE; • Advising, drafting and negotiating treaty co-productions for scripted and unscripted programs; • Providing advice to, and liaising with, executives in creative, production, finance and other key client groups and managing legal matters related to those projects; • Negotiating and drafting Canadian and international distribution agreements (acquisitions and licenses); and • Overseeing production legal matters, including clearance.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Los Angeles, California

• Negotiating and drafting development, production, financing and/or distribution contracts with broadcasters, networks and/or production companies.• Advising Kew Media Group clients and colleagues in respect of production, acquisition and distribution agreements for the company’s film and television programs. • Managing large scale media due diligence for Kew Media Group's corporate acquisitions.• Conducting comprehensive appraisals of intellectual property assets owned by, or licensed to the Kew Media Group companies.

9100 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca

Representing and providing business affairs advice to James Grant Group clients, including negotiating talent, development, production, financing and/or distribution contracts with broadcasters, networks, production companies, marketing agencies and/or brands; conducting comprehensive appraisals of intellectual property assets owned by, or licensed to James Grant Group clients.

London, United Kingdom

Industry Media is a subsidiary of the James Grant Group. Industry Media deals with all aspects of development, production and exploitation of film and television projects. I worked as the production lawyer on THE FAVOURITE starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman, produced by Element Pictures and Scarlet Films; BREATHE starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foye, produced by The Imaginarium Studios Limited; THE RITUAL produced by The Imaginarium Studios Limited and IN DARKNESS produced by 42 M&P Ltd.I also specialized in conducting large scale media due diligence for Kew Media Group's corporate acquisitions working with a team of lawyers and accountants all over the world.

London, United Kingdom

An entertainment legal consultant specializing in drafting and negotiating West End theatre contracts.

London, United Kingdom

Represented British actors in film, television and theatre.

London, United Kingdom

Curtis Brown is a major talent and literary agency in London, where I assisted in representing British actors in film, television and theatre and implemented a contract tracking system for talent contracts.

Greater New York City Area

ICM Partners is a major talent and literary agency with offices in NYC, LA and London. I worked in the Theatre Department assisting Val Day representing writers and directors.

New York City

After completing my studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, I created a talent management company which represented actors in film, television and theatre. Four months after its creation I amalgamated my business into a larger management company in NYC then accepted a position at ICM Partners.

Brisbane, Australia

Solicitor in Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Restructuring & Insolvency. I joined Ashurst Australia (formerly Blake Dawson) as a graduate in February 2008 after spending a year as an associate to the Honourable Justice Byrne in the Supreme Court of Queensland. During my graduate year I worked in the Commercial Litigation team, Banking and Finance team and the Construction team. Following which, I accepted a permanent position as a lawyer in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Restructuring and Insolvency team working on a wide range of matters including: general contractual disputes, insolvency matters and debt recovery claims. I focused on finding commercial resolutions to disputes for clients. This focus was entrenched while completing a nine month secondment as an in-house lawyer with ASIC in 2010.

Secondee Lawyer to the Insolvency Practitioners & Liquidators Stakeholder TeamIn 2010, I completed a nine month secondment to the Insolvency Practitioners & Insolvency Stakeholder Team at ASIC. During this time, I provided advice regarding external administrator compliance with Chapter 5 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), assisted with external administrator compliance reviews carried out by ASIC and helped provide regulatory guidance in respect of the Act. This role required me to provide advice to over 25 ASIC officers nationally, consider whether a receiver or creditor should be granted eligible applicant status under the Act to conduct public examinations and assist in instituting (or intervening) in proceedings in all Australian jurisdictions. During this time, I developed an intimate understanding of Chapter 5 of the Corporations Act.

Associate to the Honorable Justice J H Byrne, Senior Judge Administrator of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)

Graducated with Second Class Division A Honours.

Acting, Meisner Technique

Intensive acting training in the Meisner Technique for theatre, film and television

Foreign Languages

Learning to read, write and speak German

Secondary School