Profit Participation Audits
GHJ's seasoned professionals have comprehensive career experience with a wide range of global entertainment and media companies including every major Hollywood studio and many smaller studios and independent producers in the U.S. and across the globe.
GHJ’s Profit Participation Services Practice specializes in forensic consulting reviews of motion picture and television programs to assess if net profits were appropriately calculated and reported to profit participants. GHJ’s expertise extends into related consulting and advisory services. GHJ can assist at any stage of a project’s lifecycle from assistance with contract negotiation through dispute resolution of profit participation matters.
YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR EXPERTISE
Our seasoned professionals have comprehensive career experience with a wide range of global entertainment and media companies including every major Hollywood studio and many smaller studios and independent producers in the U.S. and across the globe. Our team has extensive motion picture and television participation forensic experience, providing services related more than 80 of the top 100 grossing films of all time as well as half of the 100 greatest television shows of all time (per Variety).
Our services include contract negotiation, digital and traditional distribution reviews, expert witness and litigation support, joint venture reviews, most-favored-nation reviews, participation disputes consultation, production reviews, and other royalty and license agreement reviews. Click here for GHJ’s studio team leadership structure, including their bio and contact information.
Service Offerings
- Assistance with settlement negotiations and dispute resolution
- Consultation and expert consultation in connection with contingent compensation (forecasting and modeling profit participation payments; film ultimates analysis; market-ratio analysis)
- Consultation on developing policies and procedures for reporting profits/royalties (guidance on preparation of profit participation statements and agreements)
- Consultation on profit-sharing arrangements (contract negotiations; deal comparisons and profitability scenario analysis)
- Motion picture and television valuations (for gift tax, estate tax or similar as well as other consultation)
- Profit participation reviews
- Risk-based assessments, focused and customized procedures
- Production cost reviews
- Royalties and licensing reviews in connection with motion pictures and television programs ancillary exploitations
Who We Serve
- Agencies
- Financial companies
- Intellectual property rights holders
- Investors
- Other entities
- Producers
- Production companies
- Profit participants
- Talent
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