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Careers in Canadian Entertainment Law

By Bob Tarantino, Caitlin Choi, and Ken Dhaliwal
July 9, 2020
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Canada is a prime destination for studios and alternative media content producers to enjoy our country’s mature tax credits and attractive currency. “Hollywood North” is multicultural and multifunctional – there is availability of crews, studio space, local production and talents, whether they be actors, directors, editors or producers.

While audiences sit back and enjoy the final product, there’s a lot of work that happens behind the scenes – including lots of legal. In this episode of the Entertainment & Media Law Signal podcast, Bob Tarantino speaks with Ken Dhaliwal and Caitlin Choi about their career paths. The pair look back on their experience of how they became entertainment lawyers, what their practices look like today, and offer some tips for anyone interested in the profession.

Dentons · Episode 4: Careers in Canadian Entertainment Law

If you would like to discuss this podcast and what it takes to practice Entertainment law, please contact Ken Dhaliwal, Bob Tarantino or Caitlin Choi.

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Bob Tarantino

About Bob Tarantino

Bob Tarantino is Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP and focuses his practice on the interface between the entertainment industries and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on film and television production, financing, licensing, distribution, and IP acquisition and protection. His clients range from artists and independent producers to Canadian distributors and foreign studios and financiers at every stage of the creative process, from development to delivery and exploitation.

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Caitlin Choi

About Caitlin Choi

Caitlin is an associate in the Media, Entertainment and Sports and Corporate groups at Dentons. In her entertainment practice, Caitlin advises clients on the development, financing, production and exploitation of film, television and digital media projects. She is experienced in corporate, production and project financing. She also advises on treaty co-productions and copyright matters. In her corporate practice, Caitlin supports both foreign and domestic clients on a variety of business law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, corporate governance and fund formation. She has experience working with companies in a number of industries, including the music publishing, manufacturing and alcohol sectors.

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Ken Dhaliwal

About Ken Dhaliwal

Ken Dhaliwal is a Partner in Dentons’ Toronto office; he joined the firm in 2014 from another Canadian law firm and has been practicing entertainment law for over 20 years. Ken focuses on the areas of media, entertainment and intellectual property law. Ken’s national and international film, television and on-line clients are involved in a wide range of activities from financing to production and distribution. Ken acts for independent producers, Canadian and foreign broadcasters, major Hollywood studios, online providers, television and film distributors, banks, private equity as well as creators and artists.

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