Schuyler M. Moore concentrates in entertainment, tax and corporate law. Among his clients are producers, sales agents, foreign distributors and financiers. Mr. Moore has published numerous books and articles on entertainment and tax related topics.

Among his many recent matters, Mr. Moore has represented:

Summit Entertainment on a transaction that converted it from foreign sales agent into a domestic distributor with over $500 million of financing.

A joint investor with Fox in the next M. Night Shyamalan film, "The Happening."

Aramid Entertainment, a bridge and gap financier, on a number of its slate and single-picture loans.

Grosvenor Park on a number of single-picture film financings it concluded.

Producers of "Goal!," a $100 million trilogy of soccer films financed by a novel approach of equity investment from advertisers (in this case, Adidas).

A video company on a $65 million loan from an investment bank that is structured as a "true sale" to a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle.

The largest film sales agent in connection with an equity investment from a large private equity fund for the purpose of acquiring and distributing film rights in Latin America.

An independent film production company in connection with a $100 million production line of credit (with equity elements) from a large equity fund.

ClickStar, a partnership between Intel and Morgan Freeman, which distributes films via VOD on the Internet, from inception through launch.

Prentice Capital in its acquisition of First Look (a video distribution company), DEJ (from Blockbuster) and Ventura Distribution, and a subsequent $75 million line of credit from Merrill Lynch.

A large private equity fund in connection with its purchase of several video companies.

Activities

Adjunct Professor, Entertainment Law, UCLA Law School and UCLA Anderson Business School;

Named to the Hollywood Reporter’s Top 100 Outside Counsel for the entertainment industry (2007);

Named to Variety’s Hollywood Law Impact List (2007);

Named to Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Media and Entertainment Section (2007);

Author:

The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal, and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry (Silman-James Press);

Taxation of the Entertainment Industry (Warren, Gorham & Lamont);

What They Don’t Teach You in Law School (William S. Hein & Co.);

The Next Wave of Film Financing: German Tax Shelter Funds, Entertainment Law Reporter, July, 2001;

The Right to be Let Alone: Integration of the Four Publication Based Tort Actions, Loyola Entertainment Law Review, 1994;

In Search of a Better Way to Pay Net Profits, Entertainment Law and Finance, January, 1994;

Entertainment Bankruptcies: The Copyright Act Meets the Bankruptcy Code, The Business Lawyer (ABA), February, 1993;

Entertainment Bankruptcies, Entertainment Law and Finance, August, 1992;

Film Financing: The Completion Guaranty Aspect, Entertainment Law Review, September, 1992;

How Super Pre-Sales Work, Entertainment Law and Finance, January, 1992;

The Future of Film Financing, Palm Springs Film Festival Magazine, 1992;

California Taxation of the Entertainment Industry, California Tax Lawyer, July, 1991;

Advance Payments Taxation, Los Angeles Lawyer, April, 1991;

Entertainment Industry Affected by Several Tax Developments, The Journal of Taxation, September, 1990;

Taxation of the International Film Co-Production, Entertainment Law Journal, February, 1990

Admitted to Practice

California, 1981

Education

J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1981; Order of the Coif

B.A., University of California - Los Angeles, 1978