NAFA Chat: Cast & Crew Contracts
Monday, 14 August 2023
6.30pm – 8pm (doors open 6pm)
Upstairs at Forrester’s, Surry Hills
Guest Speakers: Chris Chow & Sam Berry
Chris Chow
Chris Chow is Managing Director of Creative Lawyers, a law firm specialising in advising clients on intellectual property, contractual, production, and commercial matters in the entertainment and creative industries.
Years of experience span the entertainment and creative industries in chain-of-title matters, the protection of intellectual property, and contractual negotiations and enforcement on behalf of producers, writers, talent, and large organisations. Chris and his firm have become a one-stop-shop for matters of significance within the entertainment and creative industries. The list of clients include Beyond Entertainment, Screen Australia, LADbible, Active Artists Management, MEAA, Osher Günsberg, and Tones and I.
Chris is a board member of the Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA). He is a committee member of LAWSKI, the ski race for lawyers which has been held in Thredbo since 1990. He also works pro-bono with the Arts Law Centre of Australia.
Chris is passionate about the entertainment and creative industries. He sees himself as working in the entertainment and creative industries as a lawyer, rather than being a lawyer who has clients in the entertainment and creative industries.
Sam Berry
Sam is a commercial lawyer and director at Creative Lawyers who advises a broad range of clients with an emphasis on entertainment, media, communications, and technology.
He has worked in various inhouse roles at organisations which include Screen Australia, a prominent international production company, and a sports media company.
Recent experience includes acting for individual creators and production companies on content development, production and distribution; acting for a leading film financier on lending transactions; acting for an Australian producer in connection with SAG-AFTRA strike issues; and acting for Screen Australia on investment projects.
Sam also has experience in mergers and acquisitions, events, software as a service (SaaS) platforms, rights protection, corporate governance, commercial contracting, privacy, and employment law.
