Theatre & Live Entertainment

Theatre & Live Entertainment – A Strong Performance On and Off the Stage

Musical theatre, straight plays, opera, concerts, revues, and every other type of stage performance. Like no other media and entertainment law firm in Germany, LAUSEN specializes in providing legal advice to this important cultural sector with in-depth expertise and high-value contacts. Our legal services range from foundational underlying rights agreements for new productions, various production contracts from authorship to lighting and sound design, legal support for the use of music in a stage production, the leasing and rental of venues, ongoing strategic advice for commercial and public producers of stage productions to the specifics of labor and social security law in the performing arts.

Our clients include the country’s largest live entertainment producers as well as state theaters, festivals, private theaters, and concert promoters.

Our services

  • Acquisition of underlying rights, e.g., to novels and biographies
  • Advice on personality / privacy rights when developing new material based on true events
  • Production contracts for creatives, performers etc.
  • Music rights (music licensing, grand rights/small rights)
  • Stage publishing contracts
  • Lease agreements for performance venues

Your contacts

  • Marco Jung, LL.M.

    Marco Jung, LL.M.

    Lawyer
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  • Dr. Richard Hahn

    Dr. Richard Hahn

    Lawyer, Partner
    Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law
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  • Dr. Kerstin Bäcker

    Dr. Kerstin Bäcker

    Lawyer, Partner
    Specialised Lawyer for Copyright and Media Law
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  • Dr. Florian Sperling

    Dr. Florian Sperling

    Lawyer, Partner
    Specialised Lawyer for Employment Law
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