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James Janowitz

 
Partner - New York - Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
 
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Company Name : Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
 
Company Website : www.pryorcashman.com
 
Company Address : 410 Pk. Ave.
, New York, NY,
United States,
 
James Janowitz Profile :
Partner - New York - Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP
 
James Janowitz Biography :

Mr. Janowitz is Chair of the Entertainment Group and a senior partner in the Litigation Group. His practice in the Entertainment Group focuses primarily on film financing and production. Together with an interdisciplinary team assembled from the firm’s entertainment, finance and corporate groups, he has led numerous complex multi-picture financings as well as the financing of individual pictures and other assets. He devotes significant attention to representing senior executives of major studios and major film companies in connection with their employment agreements, the structuring of benefits and disputes which may occur.

Pryor Cashman’s film practice, headed by Mr. Janowitz, covers a wide variety of film production and finance. Within the past year, Mr. Janowitz has represented both producers and lenders with respect to film financings which typically include both senior and subordinated debt as well as monetization of tax benefits. Other representative matters include:

Structured finance transactions including complex capital structures involving equity, sub-debt and senior debt

Represented lenders in connection with bridge loans and collateralization of multi-picture transactions

Represented lenders in connection with library acquisitions and collateralization of library assets

Various joint ventures between distributors and investors for both live action and animated films

Mergers and acquisitions of film companies

Negotiation of studio out-put deals

Negotiation of employment agreements for high level studio executives and executives at major independent film companies

Arranging for funding of approximately $100 million for a joint venture between a hedge fund and a specialty lender

Mr. Janowitz' litigation practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. His practice is broadly based and he has experience in a wide variety of class action and RICO litigation, as well as entertainment litigation. He is currently representing institutional investors in a securities fraud action against Paramount Pictures.

Mr. Janowitz recently successfully represented Fox Broadcasting, Dick Clark Productions and 19 Entertainment in a litigation asserting a claim against the defendants in connection with the hit television show So You Think You Can Dance. He is also currently representing the owner of an important work by Egon Schiele in a litigation concerning its provenance. Other representative matters include:

Representation of defendants in class action litigations

Representation of television producers and broadcasters in connection with claims asserting misappropriation of creative ideas and formats

Litigation representing joint venture partner in a real estate development transaction

Representation of major director with regard to contractual disputes

Litigation involving the provenance of major works of art

Representation of numerous high profile film executives in contractual disputes with employers

Product liability class actions

Trademark and copyright litigation

Mr. Janowitz is a 1971 graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was an Editor for the Journal of International Law and Politics.

Mr. Janowitz is AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell’s highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability.

Previous Positions

Reavis & McGrath, Associate

Speaking Engagements

Guest Lecturer on Hedge Fund Investment In Media at SJ Berwin’s Media Asset Financing Conference (June 6, 2007)

Guest Lecturer on Latin Films Funds and Financing at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival (September 25-27, 2006)

Teaching Positions

Instructor, Entertainment Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Guest Lecturer, Columbia University joint program class offered by the Law, Film and Business Schools

Professional Affiliations

New York State Bar Association

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Other Activities

Mr. Janowitz was selected for inclusion in Who's Who In America

 
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Perry Amsellem

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Anne Atkinson

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David Auerbach

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Samson Bechhofer

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Joshua Bernstein

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