| Ken Dhaliwal |
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has been a partner at Heenan Blaikie since 2001. He is a business lawyer who focuses in the areas of media, entertainment and intellectual property law. Ken primarily practices in the film, television, book publishing and live theatre industries. His national and international clients are involved in a wide range of activities from financing to production and distribution. He acts for banks, investors, film and television producers, distributors, broadcasters as well as creators and artists and other business clients involved in the film and television industries. In assisting his clients achieve their transactional goals, Ken brings his extensive industry experience, balanced approach and goal-oriented focus. He frequently advises them on the areas of Canadian tax incentives, which he combines with international incentives, treaty co-productions and co-ventures, and structuring productions to maximize the benefits of these programmes. His experience also extends to working directly and extensively with Canadian guilds and governmental and private agencies on behalf of his Canadian and foreign clients. Ken has represented Canadian producers on large budget productions such as Being Julia, The Statement and Where the Truth Lies. US producers have also benefited from his expertise on projects such as The Big White, Lucky Number Slevin, Land of The Dead and Nothing But the Truth. Ken has represented several lenders in connection with large budget productions such as The Messengers, Silent Hill and Slither. Ken was a founding director of Toronto's ReelWorld Film Festival, and presently sits on the board of The Factory Theatre in Toronto. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on the film and television industry in Canada, and has been interviewed by the Globe and Mail, the Financial Post and the Toronto Star newspapers as well as CBC Newsworld Business News. Ken has been peer-rated as a leading entertainment lawyer in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® survey. |
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