About Arthur
Founding partner with 28 years of experience providing legal counsel in the areas of content creation, entertainment, TV and motion picture production, financing and distribution, digital media, animation and licensing. Extensive experience in structuring the financing and distribution of international TV series and motion picture co-productions and co-ventures. Exclusively represents content producers, financiers, writers, animation studios, performers, distributors, studios and private investors involved in filmed entertainment and digital media. Published numerous articles on financing and international co-productions. Peer-rated as "Most Frequently Recommended" by Canadian Legal LEXPERT Directory, recognized in the "Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada" compiled by LEXPERT and recognized in Euromoney's "Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyers. Member of the Board of Directors of Lionsgate Entertainment since 2001. Contributing Editor (2001-2007) of the Entertainment Agreements volume of "Canadian Forms & Precedents" published by Butterworths. he has presented at conferences/seminars in Canada, the US, China and England. Lectured at McGill University, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2021)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Entertainment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2012)
- Recognized: Entertainment Law
- "Outstanding Achievement Award" in 2018 from The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.Recognized in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
- "Outstanding Achievement Award" in 2018 from The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.
- Recognized in Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.