Contract Management Services

Here is how the work lines up. Contract management in New York production sits at the intersection of three overlapping legal layers — New York State labor law, the federal collective-bargaining framework that governs SAG-AFTRA, DGA East, and WGA East, and the NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment permit and location release infrastructure.

Our team lines up with entertainment lawyers concentrated in Midtown and the Flatiron District, the same firms that paper deals for HBO NYC, Netflix originals, Apple TV+ New York productions, and the steady flow of HBO, Showtime, and NBCUniversal series filmed across Steiner Studios, Silvercup, and Kaufman Astoria.

We handle crew agreements under IATSE Local 52, Local 600, Local 798, Local 829, and Teamsters Local 817 regions, talent contracts under SAG-AFTRA New York scales, location releases through MOME permitting and the Brooklyn Film Office, and the cross-border arrangements that global co-productions need when budgets cross between New York State, New Jersey stages at Gun For Hire, and Connecticut tax-credit work.

Our process starts with a contract inventory built against the script and shooting schedule, then moves into drafting that aligns each agreement with the production's tax-credit certification path through Empire State Development. We agree with key crew' representatives, talent agencies, and location owners across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, secure work permits for global cast and crew, and manage the release documentation for shoots involving landmarks, residential blocks, or body-level partners like Lincoln Center, BAM, or NYU.

Standard agreements turn around inside twenty-four hours; complex co-production papers, delivery deals, and rights clearances run two to five business days with legal review baked in. Every executed contract is filed in a version-controlled repository with read access for producers and counsel. We keep the chain-of-title and compliance documentation the New York film tax credit auditors need at certification.