Specific Industry Services

Fashion & Luxury Goods

Pearce LLP is the most sought firm in the fashion and luxury goods industry. The firm's Fashion & Luxury Goods practice provides multi-disciplinary services on a global scale, representing the top emerging and internationally acclaimed designers, creative directors and executives, labels, photographers, retailers, manufacturers and investors.

Pearce LLP advises clients in: advertising, promotions and branded merchandise, corporate mergers, acquisitions, reorganization and other business combinations, corporate finance and secured transactions, distribution, marketing, licensing and merchandising agreements, factoring and financing, import, export and customs matters, joint ventures and other strategic business relationships, transactions and alliances, creative director and executive compensation and other labor and employment matters, leasing of manufacturing, showroom and retail facilities, trademark, copyright, intellectual property and e-commerce protection, and venture capital and private equity transactions.

Pearce LLP has structured and negotiated a wide variety of agreements including employment and creative consultancies; project engagements for individuals and design driven companies; trademark and licensing; and private equity and venture capital transactions, factor financing agreements, joint venture agreements, and key engagements for creative directors and executives and major equity transactions for founders/entrepreneurs.

Entertainment

Pearce LLP’s has extensive knowledge of, and experience with, the legal and business aspects of the entertainment industry, representing independent producers, new media companies, financial institutions, investors, financiers and other institutional and individual entertainment, media and convergence clients around the world in connection with all aspects of the development, production, acquisition and worldwide distribution of motion pictures, television programming, music videos, IPTV, and other content.

Pearce LLP advises clients in: copyright and other intellectual property matters, and bank and other forms of single and multiple picture production financing.

Pearce LLP has structured and negotiated a wide variety of agreements including option and acquisition of literary property rights agreements; revenue sharing agreements; affiliation agreements; library acquisitions; agreements relating to equity investments in media companies; and executive employment agreements.

Advertising & Media

Pearce LLP represents and counsels advertisers and agencies in preparing talent endorsement and sponsorship agreements, licensing and protecting intellectual property rights, reviewing and clearing advertising copy for use in online and off-line media, complying with privacy concerns, preparing advertising agency and media agreements, and advising clients in complying with claims substantiation, branded entertainment and state and federal regulations governing social media and other promotions.