Media & Communications

Lauded as a pioneer and leader in the industry, we are among the top media law firms in the Region.

As the media and communications industries have grown and diversified during the past decades, so has the experience of our team. Our long-standing background in media makes us really understand what our media clients want. We understand the industries and the trends that are moving it into the future.

With our lawyers’ deep and substantive media industry expertise, we have spent four decades assisting on a daily basis a broad range of media clients of all sizes  including television and radio networks, print media, digital media, publishing companies, advertising agencies and online content providers.

Our exclusively dedicated team handles a wide range of legal matters for major media clients and provides a premium service to our clients whether negotiating complex contracts and assisting in transactions drafting and analyzing communications legislation, or resolving disputes and litigations.

The depth of our experience in media and communication laws, coupled with our offices throughout the Region, enables us to meet the needs of media clients everywhere.

Regulatory & Legislative

Our highly experienced attorneys have contributed to regulatory and legislative proceeding affecting the media and communications industries, including those related to:

- Media Policy: Developed a variety of Media-related draft laws in Lebanon, including “TV and Radio Broadcasting”, “Creation of the Audiovisual Media Union”, “Audiovisual Media and Elections”, and worked on a draft “Code of Ethics” for a Pan-Arab TV broadcaster.

- Telecoms: Assisted Booz Allen Hamilton in the assessment of the BOT mobile operators’ contracts in Lebanon and later in the conciliation and mediation efforts between the Government of Lebanon and the mobile operators, and ended up participating in the works of the ad hoc committee designated for recommending legal and regulatory reforms for the telecommunications sector in Lebanon.

Transactions

Eptalex full-service Media Practice Team assist their clients in all manner of media and communications transactional matters and counseling, including negotiating and drafting a wide variety of agreements.

Distinguished from other firms by the array of services we offer, our media law firm with dedicated specialists provides expertise in all the following:

-Television, radio and print media agreements.

-Digital media agreements.

-Finance, production and distribution agreements.

-Acquisition, licensing and exploitation agreements.

-Retransmission and distribution agreements with cable operators.

-Team agreements (talent, host, director, performers, actors, producer, executive producer, technical team etc.).

-Branding agreements.

-Co-edition agreement.

-Social media agreement.

-Publishing agreement.

-Music and entertainment.

-Advertising, sponsorship and product placement.

-Media representation.

-Social media.

-Online, mobile and video games.

-Communications.

-Intellectual property rights (including copyrights, trademarks, infringement, dispute).

-Media guidelines and code of ethics.

-Non-disclosure agreements.

-Employment agreements.

-Rights of privacy and rights of publicity matters (defamation, libel, slander claims and disputes).

Litigation

Eptalex highly experienced lawyers provide the best possible representation to our clients vigorously and cost effectively in all media and communications alternative dispute resolution process and litigation.

Although we work to avoid litigation where possible, our team has experience in every type of litigation involving the media and communications, including defamation and privacy defense; copyright and trademark infringement; unfair competition, freedom of speech and expression.