PRACTICE

Entertainment

 

Legal Support for Entertainment Businesses

Gamma Law supports IP licensors, studios, and digital platforms with entertainment-related transactions, focusing on content licensing, shopping agreements, option agreements, localization and merchandising. We have supported clients with games-to-film adaptations for major international game titles, as well as dozens of high-value streaming agreements and home-video localizations. Much of our entertainment work is international in scope, representing non-US parties or negotiating cross-border agreements.

Our Managing Partner, David B. Hoppe, previously worked in an agent capacity, originating and negotiating Japan-US film/TV rights agreements for manga/anime properties as an executive producer with Cross Media International in San Francisco. The perspective gained from acting as a stakeholder and participant in entertainment deals contributes to the value we bring to our entertainment clients.

WHAT WE DO

Core Practice Areas

Blockchain Business Models & Token Strategy

We help companies structure, launch, and scale blockchain-based businesses — from in-game economies and NFT platforms to token offerings and employee incentive programs.

  • Blockchain in-game economy design & counsel
  • NFT platform structuring & launch support
  • Token-based financing (public & private)
  • Token-based employee incentive plans
  • Smart contract review & risk mitigation
  • Digital asset fund formation & management
Regulatory Compliance & Securities Counsel

We guide digital asset businesses through the complex and evolving regulatory landscape — from securities law and KYC/AML to money-transmission rules and SEC/CFTC guidance.

  • Securities law compliance & token classification
  • KYC/AML program development & review
  • Money-transmission regulatory guidance
  • SEC/CFTC regulatory monitoring & positioning
  • DAO governance, structuring & legal entity wrappers
  • Dispute resolution, fraud & enforcement defense
Transactions, Financing & General Counsel

We bring deep transactional expertise to digital asset deals of all sizes — and serve as a trusted virtual general counsel partner for companies operating in this space.

  • Multi-billion dollar debt & equity financings
  • Investment fund formation & fundraising
  • Cross-border digital asset transactions
  • Strategic partnerships & licensing agreements
  • AR/NFT & metaverse venture support
  • Virtual general counsel & day-to-day legal management

TRACK RECORD

Selected Transactions

  • Represented Japanese video game publisher in numerous film option negotiations with major US studios and issues arising under such agreements, with revenues totaling more than $1 billion.
  • Represented US film studio in equity agreement with high-profile Japan-US producer.
  • Represented major US anime streaming site in numerous license agreements with Japanese TV studios and other rights holders, with a value of tens of millions of dollars.
  • Represented international video game publisher in licensing arrangements for premier mobile game titles with virtually all major Hollywood studios, with a value of hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Represented high-profile Japanese TV writer in agreements with major international TV producer.
  • Represented video game publisher and Japanese visual artist in numerous limited-use license agreements placing works in high-profile film/TV productions.
  • Represented US home video producer in scores of agreements for exclusive localization and distribution rights to popular Korean TV dramas.
  • Provided legal clearance support to feature film selected for the Main Competition of the Venice International Film Festival, 2026 (credited).

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